I find myself sometimes resenting something for not being free. I try to rationalize the real costs of things on the internet, but as they say, for the brain, g

I find myself sometimes resenting something for not being free. I try to rationalize the real costs of things on the internet, but as they say, for the brain, going from 0€ to 1€ is an infinite raise. And it's hard. The ironic thing about it is that, the more things are free in the web - even crappy versions bloated with ads, with security concerns, with the big question of why should anyone keep fixing things and maintaining free products of services -, the harder it is to find something like this and not think: "Payment? Why should that deserve payment? the other day I saw something else almost completely independent that was free! And I know of at least one thing that is free and it is more valuable to me! It's ridiculous. That guy/gal is nuts, they have an absurd self-esteem. Not worth it.". So what I try to do is appreciate every single thing that I get for free, and try to imagine if I could do it from scratch, and how much of my life I would need to put into it to get what is now free. That helps putting value into something, as even if it is a faulty measure (effort and cost don't drive value), it helps to put consideration of someone else's work on the table, and a little empathy, that so easily is lost on the internet.