Yep. I think it’s because we as humans are extremely selfish creatures… It’s the same reason that software developers wouldn’t support the guy that built Subl

Yep. I think it’s because we as humans are extremely selfish creatures… It’s the same reason that software developers wouldn’t support the guy that built Sublime Text even though they used the app for their jobs and to build personal projects. It was undoubtedly the most popular text editor until Visual Studio Code. It’s the same reason that the majority of successful startups don’t go back and support the maintainers of the FOSS they used to get rich. It’s the same reason fans “pirated” their favorite bands music on Kazaa and Limewire without paying for it. It’s the same reason we won’t ban assault rifles in the US, even though there were more than 400 mass shootings this year because we would prefer to have our guns then save a life. We may even have an “evil nature” but I’ll leave that to theologians and philosophers to figure out. Altruism does not come natural to us without obvious direct benefits unfortunately which is why we’ve developed governments, laws and weapons.