If I spend time on work that provides value to others, I would like it to be able to pay my living costs so I can keep doing that work that I enjoy.
How does this work?
Not OP, but I think they want the software to be FLOSS, but if you want some feature/change you pay (the maintainers) to have it done.
Yep, as well as charging for support and consulting. Anything that has to do with developers'/maintainers' time should not be expected to come for free in FOSS projects. Unless the devs are happy to do such work for free ofc.
Yes, software is just a tool. For me, it's better if I own my tools rather than renting it.