> have develop a bad habit of giving software away for free. Thankfully, it's still early in the year, so this doesn't mean much yet but at least I can say it

> have develop a bad habit of giving software away for free. Thankfully, it's still early in the year, so this doesn't mean much yet but at least I can say it with complete certainty; so congratulations, you have said the dumbest thing I've heard all year! > Does anyone get that feeling? No, I don't feel bad about giving gifts. I don't feel bad about trying hard to make the world I'm forced to exist within a bit better even if that "better" is inconsequential. No I don't feel bad about not making the effort I'm able to produce, predicated on some sort of compensation. Neither compassion, nor the desire to try to help others is a bad thing! Why would I want to demand payment from people who I want to help? I don't regret playing a positive sum game. Especially when everyone around me is determined to play negative sum games, or force others into the same. Or in case of this question; have been gaslit so traumatically, that they feel they are wrong for trying to help other people without demanding compensation. You're allowed to do nice things for others, without expecting anything from them in return. Don't confuse gifts, with the effort required to exist in a "user hostile" universe. You might need to trade effort for compensation to 'survive'. But that doesn't devalue the positive improvement you're capable of, regardless of that reality. And it doesn't make it wrong to do so.