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>None of these things are free my friend. I have not paid a single cent for any of them. Many of them I'm even free to change it however I like and even releas

>None of these things are free my friend. I have not paid a single cent for any of them. Many of them I'm even free to change it however I like and even release my version as a fork. >Even then, bitching about functionality and features would be entitled. If you think Linux or ANY of the software I listed would be nearly as good without users "bitching" I have several bridges to sell you. The alternative is to pay a whole bunch of people to test every aspect of the software to find bugs, missing features, minor UI quirks that could be tightened, etc. FOSS only works because of us "entitled" people writing git issues or contributing code when we know how to fix the issue.

robomartin 2mo ago
Sure buddy, whatever you say. You changed my mind. I think OpenAI should pay you to use their technology for free without restrictions. It's only fair. Live long and prosper.
- ragequittah 2mo ago
  >Live long and prosper. Relevant. Star Trek is a post-scarcity society where people invent and create solely for the betterment of humanity. You know what else isn't "free" to create? Game mods. Yet I can go out there right now and download several hundred mods for any game that can be modded for free and most times without even a way to possibly pay the creator. I've also spent 100s of hours of my own time creating mods / helping communities on discord or reddit despite there never being a possible financial gain. I genuinely wonder what the software world / internet would be like if everyone were in it only if their time were compensated with money. Horrible place. We wouldn't be having this conversation right here right now that's for sure.