So..you would be satisfied with paywalls on every website you want to visit and increased restrictions when it comes to content sharing?<p>It&#x27;s not the only way to make money on the Internet, but it is one of the only ways someone with very little money can actually make a living on the Internet.<p>One more example of the tech community helping large companies take over entire industries and make it nearly impossible to start a company without massive capital.<p>It started with open source:  Businesses now can take entire open source apps, which were engineered for free, and hire software mechanics at 1&#x2F;4 the cost.<p>Napster and file sharing only made it impossible for the average independent artist to make a living on music.  I know a handful of artists that could at least make a decent living before file sharing changed the mindset of the average user.  Now, nobody will buy their music because they can just get it for free.  Services like Spotify are a joke with nearly 1 million plays netting the artist something like $100.<p>Think about it next time you see these articles that claim that the only way to have a successful business is to come from a rich family and realize that the reason this is the case is because of increased government regulations and a community culture that supports the further destruction of small businesses.