That's absurd. Is he supposed to give it away to do a show HN? Every show HN is a link to a landing page. None of the SaaS apps are free either. You are showing

That's absurd. Is he supposed to give it away to do a show HN? Every show HN is a link to a landing page. None of the SaaS apps are free either. You are showing people what you built. Perhaps asking for feedback on the website. You aren't giving it away for free to all of hn.