Sadly I totally agree: Open Source is the playground of people who can afford it.
I benefited a lot of Open Source in my career, life so I am very thankful for all contributors (and try to give back in money/time, when I can afford one or the other).
What really annoys me, that my government does not mandate that software build with tax money must be Open Source.
That would go a long way to fund Open Source and improve the quality.
(I wasn't trying to make a point.)
As far as I know, that's what the initiatives like PMPC¹ are for.
I think in Switzerland, a law recently passed that seems to go in that direction² (Open Source should by default but some leniency as far as I can interpret the text).
According to this³ OSOR report, something similar happened in Italy in 2019.
So, I think we're slowly going in that direction in Europe.
I benefited a lot of Open Source in my career, life so I am very thankful for all contributors (and try to give back in money/time, when I can afford one or the other).
What really annoys me, that my government does not mandate that software build with tax money must be Open Source.
That would go a long way to fund Open Source and improve the quality.