If you don't want to pay a premium, there are other projects you can support.
This is the same reason Postgres and Redis became extremely popular in the 2010s was because companies didn't want to pay a premium to Oracle or IBM for their DBMSes.
There are other options that exist today as well.
Non-paying or non-contributing users are not entitled to first class support from contributors.
Similarly, contributors and projects are not entitled to users.
If you don't want to pay a premium, there are other projects you can support.
This is the same reason Postgres and Redis became extremely popular in the 2010s was because companies didn't want to pay a premium to Oracle or IBM for their DBMSes.
There are other options that exist today as well.
Non-paying or non-contributing users are not entitled to first class support from contributors.
Similarly, contributors and projects are not entitled to users.