> Most artists, like most programmers are working in a commercial capacity. I see no reason why "their passion" should overrule profit-seeking. The obsession t

> Most artists, like most programmers are working in a commercial capacity. I see no reason why "their passion" should overrule profit-seeking. The obsession that everything must go in a financial box or be relegated to the increasingly diminished "free time" available to oneself is a cancer that is destroying our society. Things that are profitable =/= things that have value to people. They often coincide but it is not a direct correlation. Tons of things that make absolutely unethical amounts of profit have zero value to society. Conversely some of the most valuable things in human experience have zero monetization, in practice or theory. Money is not everything.