[blenderob]

Hard disagree! Making open source contributions mandatory for those who lack genuine interest or motivation would lead to lower quality contributions ultimately increasing the workload for maintainers. Many maintainers already face burnout. This will only make it worse.

On another note: There's very little substance in this post. It comes across as a lazy, shallow, "hot" take! Which is fine. It's your blog and you should write however you like on your blog. But is this really a good fit for HN? It's frustrating to see shallow posts with no substance like this rise to the top but higher-effort go unnoticed.