Many blogs simply serve as a creative outlet for their authors. And there are plenty of tools that someone developed, others improved, and that still others put online, just because. And then there are a lot of peoples pet projects anyone can enjoy. All for free, because the only thing nicer that creating stuff is sharing that stuff.
No such thing as “free” on the Internet
NetZero taught me that lesson back in the 90s
There is a lot of free stuff both free as in beer and free as in speech
Enjoy all those ads
I never saw ads on the debian website, kernel.org, blender, codeberg, uBlock, fmhy.net etc etc
You just don’t know where to look
Advanced Ip scanner is free.
Linux distros?
I get your point though.
Yes, your point made 25+ years later is very cutting
Welcome to the fediverse!
Blender 3D is free. So HAH!
like all FOSS projects, the Blender Project is user- and developer-supported.
nothing is “free”
Kind of free for the end user tho
The FOSS acronym starts with free (as in speech).
Obviously development takes time but payment for that time is usually done as a sort of solidarity based system if the developer(s) want money.
There’s actually a lot of free stuff out there.
Many blogs simply serve as a creative outlet for their authors. And there are plenty of tools that someone developed, others improved, and that still others put online, just because. And then there are a lot of peoples pet projects anyone can enjoy. All for free, because the only thing nicer that creating stuff is sharing that stuff.
There are just also a bunch of assholes.
Torrents are free