[Dalewyn]

The notion that all software must be provided free of charge and that making any profit is a cardinal sin.

[wvenable]

No, it's just that growth necessary to satisfy VC investment is unobtainable so solid products eat themselves attempting to achieve that growth.

[lotsofpulp]

Or it could be that the probability of having to do anti user things to earn an ROI for a $100M investment into a password manager is too high.

$100M to develop a new processor or phone or vaccine or search engine or social network that delivers video to everyone worldwide is different than $100M to a password manager or other “simpler” project.