FOSS and profitability are not mutually exclusive. I would rather just pay people who enable my right to inspect or modify any software that runs on my computer, but I appreciate the honest perspective regardless.

My own companies are 100% FOSS by the way. Hackers with spare time will immediately see how to use it for free in their own homelabs, but the companies with more money than time would rather pay us than figure out how to run complex systems that require multiple people to manage securely in production. Everyone wins.

IMO an ethical business provides value in convenience without us having to take user freedoms away. Small companies acting like the big ones does not make me want to give them money personally. I -only- pay for software if it is FOSS.