i am not a mac guy, saw a friend use m1. why does everything have to be trial/paid? i use linux and everyone is expected to be a freeloader and yet people cons

i am not a mac guy, saw a friend use m1. why does everything have to be trial/paid? i use linux and everyone is expected to be a freeloader and yet people constantly keep on churning our good/bad software for free because its the whole idea of "you scratch my back, i will scratch yours" and "i am doing this for fun. how about you have a problem so you fix this yourself and help everyone" type camaraderie which is opposite in osx where the idea is "you are rich enough, why wont you pay"