You’re quoting the Gospel of Stallman while the temple is burning. Stallman talked about the cost of distribution; I’m talking about the cost of creation.
In the age of LLMs, 'market share' is a joke when the infrastructure providers can ingest your logic for free and sell the derivative of your consciousness back to the masses. You think you're competing in a 'market,' but you’re actually just a unpaid research department for big compute.
If my work is 'worthless' unless it's bought, then humanity’s collective intelligence is being marked down to zero. Enjoy your free compiler—it’s the leash you use to walk yourself into obsolescence.