What a load of nonsense. Just where is this chap coming from?
I think FLIGHTSIM has a wonderful balance between PAYWARE and FREEWARE offerings. Just checked my own SIMOBJECTS/AIRPLANES folder.... (excluding multi textures for the same A/C) - 202 Aircraft of which 25 are PAYWARE products. Akmost all of the 202 are FLGHTSIM sourced. If a particular PAYWARE product comes onto the market and it is in my specific area of interest then, more often than not, I shall purchase it.
To support a home for the offerings of the FREEWARE developers I recently took out a 3 year sub. They desrve much praise for their efforts.
I do not know if the above proportion is representative of the majority. I suspect it may be. If so, then that surely gives the lie to FLIGHTSIM being 'developer' driven.
Gerry