Kitsunemimi wrote:
If that were so then just how much would Danbooru/Gelbooru/alltheboorus be worth? And the rest of dA?
If all of that artwork is drawn/uploaded free of charge, then why should it cost money for the work of these special individuals?
And besides, it's not like we're paid to make maps here on osu! either. If I were paid minimum wage for all of the "work" I've done (mapping, media, coding, DRAWING, etc), I'd be fucking rich. Except it doesn't work like that. It shouldn't work like that.
Instead of drawing, let's use the same argument for physical labor.
"If that were so much, then how much would my time lifting up my weight set or the time spent at the gym be worth? If all that lifting is done for free, why should it cost money for me to hire someone to move my furniture into my house?
And besides, it's not like we're paid to lift things up in our everyday lives, either. If I were paid minimum wage for the "work" I've done (volunteering to put a new path in at the park, volunteering to serve soup at the soup kitchen, etc.), I'd be fucking rich. Except it doesn't work like that. It shouldn't work like that."
You volunteer your own time to make something that the community benefits from.
But I'm sure as hell not going to hire you to build me a deck, and call it expensive when you ask for minimum wage, using the argument that there are a bunch of people doing community service for free.
