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It's still effort. If you have someone shitting up your PRs with personal complaints you can either put the effort in to squelch the opponent or you can just walk away. For unpaid FOSS work there is often very little to be gained except for a bit of self satisfaction and kudos from the community.

It's easy to walk away from an ungrateful community if you don't have gold in your pockets to soften the blows.