> Selling binaries is no longer a viable business model anymore for a technical customer, or so I thought.

You thought wrong. I'm not gonna vibecode my own Photoshop, nor am I gonna be happy with the FOSS alternatives. Spending what I make in a few hours of work to have a commercial product that satisfies all my need still is a savvy business and time-saving investment.

I'm a hardcore Linux user, though over time I stopped being so strict on the ideology side, especially since it's become clear that it's because of FOSS that Big Tech has grown so large, greedy and complacent. It's because of FOSS that selling software hasn't really been viable for decades.

I'd rather pay smaller companies for their product, than stubbornly stick to FOSS-only, which indirectly goes to support Big Tech and the destruction of small businesses.