I spent years working on code that did the same thing. I get it. It just makes me sad.

But you deserve to make some money off of your work. And hyperscalars will undercut if at all possible.

Amazon did it to us. They employed people to contribute back but never gave them time. They were nice people and they tried but never really managed much. When we adopted a new license on all new code they hired a bunch more folks.

Too much freedom is a thing