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> "it's free, go away" is a real problem.

Characterizing this as a problem is like accepting free candies from someone and then complaining that you were not given more candies.

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No, it's like telling the candy maker that their candy made them sick or otherwise left something to be desired. If the candy maker cares about making good candy, that can be useful information, even if they may not have time to do something about it. If the candy maker cares about making mediocre-to-bad candy freely available, then they will say "it's free, go away."

No, it is exactly as i wrote above, the idea isn't to complain back, it is that you get shit for free and you have no standing to demand for anything more than what you got. If free candy makes you sick maybe next time do not accept free candy from strangers, hm?

(of course i knew someone would try to reply with a "No, it is like <insert post ignoring the point here>" but decided to go with it anyway)

Where did 'StaticRedux say anything about demanding anything?

It's perfectly possible to report a bug without demanding that it be fixed.

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