In spite of how much we all benefit from the likes of Google, Apple, Amazon, etc., it's surprising and very disappointing how some (greedy, lazy) open source developers eventually tire of doing large amounts of work for free in order to help these excellent and public-spirited companies (or specifically their executives and shareholders) enjoy massive profits.

It's a shame that so few open source developers seem willing to beg for tips on github, and can't even be bothered to sign up wealthy patrons and donors for their projects, as recommended by this fine article.

Effectively securing large patrons and writing software are disjoint skill sets.

You seem to be taking @musicale's post seriously but it was just sarcasm.

Same, it started well and then suddenly stopped.

It's a high school (IB) essay.

Given that the student probably started learning about economics less than 18 months ago, I think it's pretty amazing.

Thanks for the context.

Given the context (an essay for an IB class taken in High School), the essay is very impressive.

Product price as quality judgement could be a source of the disappointment.