[DocTomoe]

I would suggest that you read the article. This is not about locking you down, this is about the benefits of opening a more direct communications channel with your users.

Generally, communication with your users is a good idea, because it gives you insights in how your tools are being used, and gives you a chance to - by asking the right questions - improve your code, and your relationship with the community.

It is about building and applying soft skills.

Your full-time-working, full-time learning, open-source-contributing mother of several children may choose not to do so. Or maybe she can cut some time from the full-time learning and train her people skills, and make her open source product better. Because in the end, a well-run, useful OSS portfolio helps building reputation that is more useful in a hiring situation than deep knowledge about the shortfalls of the Dijkstra algorithm for edge cases.