[quickthrower2]

I don't agree that we should make companies pay for open source or contribute towards it or whatever.

(I'll put the "open source" vs. "free" thing to one side for a minute, but I will assume you mean anything on Github (etc.) with a permissive license and is free of charge.)

Also there is no reason individuals should produce open source code for free. If you want to, then that is fine, but remember you don't have to.

It would be a lot better for developers if fewer people created open source software. Paid software (perhaps with exceptions for destitute people) would be better and more developers could make a living in such a way. The stuff that is good to have open source is the frameworks and toolchains like React and NPM, which big companies can bankroll for PR purposes.