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> If you were to walk into a store that said "please support the creator" as payment, your shelves would be empty.

Yes, but that's because when you take a physical good off the shelf there isn't still a copy on the shelf. Software does not have this problem.

> Or in other words if software costed no money and always relied on donation, you'd be bankrupt.

There are obvious examples that contradict your point: Linus and The Toady One come immediately to mind. Though, admittedly, they are outliers.



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