Being paid for doing work has nothing to do with <i>extracting rent</i>, which is the practice of inserting yourself as a middleman so <i>other people</i> have to pay you &quot;rent&quot;[1] where none should be required.<p>The entire idea behind writing a Service as a Software Substitute[2] is about extracting rent.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Rent-seeking" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Rent-seeking</a><p>[2] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.gnu.org&#x2F;philosophy&#x2F;who-does-that-server-really-serve.en.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.gnu.org&#x2F;philosophy&#x2F;who-does-that-server-really-se...</a>