It is not about price, it is about freedom.
While Free softwares is often free as in cost, they do not have to be. Wheather if it is impractical or not to sell softwares is not the point.
When a proprietary vendor decided to try to screw you, they can very easily.
Free software developers, however have a lot less power to screw you.
Free software is not against business, nor does it create disincentive to produce softwares. If anything, Free softwares have direct and indirect economic benefit. There are companies that DO make money depsite being 100% Free software.
Open Source != Free software btw
Extremism is bad is a logical fallacy. That would like saying I am in the middle ground of the slavery debate, instead of against slavery. It is more correct to say that I took the right side, instead of the middle ground.
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