[bcdtttt]

This is laughable. Like, yes, free software is better and open source is a capitalist spin.

But these problems still impact free software. AWS can still exploit the labor of free software engineers and profit while not giving those devs any support.

[rbanffy]

If you make your software freely available to everyone, it seems to follow you do not expect compensation for the software you offered freely to everyone.

I do a little - a couple Docker images (mostly someone else's software), a couple utilities, a font, small contributions to projects for solving problems I experienced. I don't expect compensation for any of that - it's a hobby. I have a day job and I use some of that software in it, and, at least until we arrive at a post-scarcity economy, that's what will pay my bills.

[bcdtttt]

I don't think that follows are all, actually. I might give something away and say, "support my patreon" or "buy me a beer" or "contribute back" or "pay for support".

You might expect that any arbitrary person might not compensate you, but still expect compensation.

Giving away your work doesn't mean you don't value your labor.

[rbanffy]

Starting a Patreon might be a good idea.