@aral Every Apple and MS user pays for the base OS install, usually as part of a hardware bundle, always in the case of Apple. This is what pays for the features and development. You have to wrap your heads around the fact you are NOT comparing apples to apples, I have never paid more than 0 for any Linux or desktop or window manager. So I contribute what I can back to the larger free software ecosystem as my way of doing my part. Free desktops don't have the luxury of dropping millions on x, y