Comment by comex
15 hours ago
Counterpoint: I’ve often wished the proprietary software I use was source-available so that I could fix bugs for myself.
The idea of doing free work for a company does feel weird. But when some bug is really getting on my nerves, being able to fix it and not have to deal with it anymore is a huge benefit!
This; there are a couple 'freeware' style apps I use where the developer sticks a source tarball on a website alongside the download. Having access to that means I can tweak something for a weird scenario, or fix a bug on a new OS release, and if I want, I can send the patch back to the developer.