This seems more like souring on the idea of developing open source software in your free time, which I totally understand. I personally think open source works

This seems more like souring on the idea of developing open source software in your free time, which I totally understand. I personally think open source works the best when it is created by developers working for a company who are writing software that supports, but is not core, to the company’s actual product. A company decides to allow the developers to open source it so they get free, outside, collaboration and the prestige and publicity of having open source projects. Ideally, a majority of the contributions will be from developers working on the clock at their main jobs, where they use the open source project. It is fine if some people contribute on their own time, but the bulk of the work should ideally be paid for by an employer.