And yet, your theory is clearly falsified when priced as a one time sale. The larger companies' software costs more, across the board. Your explanation ought

And yet, your theory is clearly falsified when priced as a one time sale. The larger companies' software costs more, across the board. Your explanation ought to be true either way, but it isn't. And it doesn't have to be a thought experiment, there remains just enough single purchase software around to check. That's because except for "artisanal", "boutique", or "Veblen" products, the user doesn't care about your costs, they care about their utility (and for Veblen, the cost is its utility). Goes back to my initial comment: there are a misleading number of buyers willing to pay too much to "support the artist", as I do in software. But that is a very small addressable market relative to those who will pay for their utility, but not for your failure to scale.