[lxgr]

GP's comment might be provocatively phrased, but I don't think it's an invalid point to have:

When I publish something online for free, i.e. without requiring authentication or payment, be it a Reddit comment, a blog post, a Stackoverflow answer or anything else, I do so hoping that it will be useful to somebody somehow, without any illusions about being able to gatekeep some types of current or future consumers.