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by RcouF1uZ4gsC 1105 days ago
The way this economic system works is that there are owners and laborers.

The way to make a lot of money is to be an owner.

However, open source mainly makes you a laborer. Support contracts are paying you for labor. It is similar to starting your own plumbing business. Yes, you can make a comfortable lifestyle, but you don’t really own anything apart from your labor, and if someone else comes in offering a better or more convenient deal, businesses will go with them.