@hakui @iwillbite
>"oh no my toaster thinks it's 1900 i'm going to die" said no one ever
Something something banks...Airports....

>if it ran on free software but almost nobody contributes to the project besides a few p
If it ran on free software legal pursuit could have happened thanks to publicly auditable code as proof. Which isn't the case with proprietary software.

>enjoy having no sales
Who cares about sales if you provide services ? Either way the product is not physical.

>to keep it within the corpo so they can continue to get their return on investment on it
That's also called a sect. Or a monopoly.

>on a completely voluntary basis instead of a market-based trade
Yes, voluntary in the sense that I know that people need to also live, just like when I pay food when I buy veggies at the farmer or meat at the butcher. I could steal if I wanted or if I was in danger but thanks to some anonymous people I don't have too.
Again this is tied to societal trust. In a low trust society you'll see chimpout lootings regularly, in a high trust one you won't.