I would say "I owe you nothing" should be directed at companies that would like to push maintainers to do fixes because they need them. I believe that maintain

I would say "I owe you nothing" should be directed at companies that would like to push maintainers to do fixes because they need them. I believe that maintainer by participating in FOSS getting followers/contributors owes to the community good stewardship so maintenance and at least keeping security fixes and nasty bugs prioritized. If someone doesn't want the burden then no need to publish stuff or publish it and actively discourage the use, but usually people publish and try to build a community, but when one has built a community, it comes with responsibilities as well.