People were paying. Even right now, I'm paying for my own internet connection (two different providers, at that. Three when I decide to enable mobile data). Wha

People were paying. Even right now, I'm paying for my own internet connection (two different providers, at that. Three when I decide to enable mobile data). What happens was that platforms decided to be free for both production and consumption, and decided to finance themselves by selling our attention. Other platforms kept requesting that one of the parties (creators or consumers) pay, and it's working fine for them. What's killing software is enshitification and growing your expenses past your revenues. People are paying for a lot of stuff and understand that products are not free to build.