&gt;  I&#x27;m not going to dismiss people&#x27;s hard work just because I find personally it worthless.<p>I&#x27;m not sure that sentence makes any sense: if you find it worthless, that&#x27;s a dismissal.<p>That said, the value might be value to them: understanding existing solutions to problems helps inform you for solving novel problems. Their product is worthless, but the experience they gained making it isn&#x27;t.<p>&gt; And no, I don&#x27;t see problems ever being solved, simply because they just expand. I&#x27;ve worked on a couple of free open source projects, showed them off to people, and have got feedback from users of &quot;Hey, it would be cool if [insert-feature-here]&quot;. And if I implement that feature, &quot;Ah, thanks...oh, and add this feature too.&quot; More and more &#x27;suggestions&#x27; pile up, which means more work.<p>Just because someone suggests something doesn&#x27;t mean you have to or <i>should</i> do it. This is exactly what I&#x27;m talking about with making pointless changes: a lot of the changes people will suggest are pointless.<p>&gt; You make assumptions about me that you probably shouldn&#x27;t.<p>Okay, perhaps you&#x27;d rather I said: &quot;I see no indication in what you&#x27;re saying that you have ever worked with people creating a useful product.&quot; Is that any different?