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by bawolff 1410 days ago
The internet is full of crazy people. "You get what you pay for" is usually used on people who are obnoxious and super entitled. Its not generally (at least in my experience) used on people who are making good faith suggestions. Its used on people who want you to be their personal slave. I generally have only ever used "you get what you pay for" or "i would be happy to provide a full refund" to extremely rude people, as a slightly more polite version of "fuck off".

People who make good faith suggestions can sometimes be converted, but you also have to respect that some people don't have the inclination or time but can still make good suggestions. Sort of similar to how on an internet forum most people are lurkers and that is ok. Good faith suggestions are really valuable to open source projects.