Do they? More often than not people are users of libraries and not necessarily well versed in the amount of time and knowledge required to build them. In my ex

Do they? More often than not people are users of libraries and not necessarily well versed in the amount of time and knowledge required to build them. In my experience, there is a non negligible number of devs who overestimate their own knowledge. And I believe this leads to a trend toward underestimating the value and the costs of software in terms of money or time. Then the only ones who can afford to compete are those who have a job which is basically a subsidy at this point.