> In general, I think it was the Amiga 'community' that started this trend > 10-15 years ago. > Why should the Amiga community have changed over the years?
I think it's due to the fact there were plenty of good PD / freeware / usable sharewares... Now that the market is very small, everyone should contribute. But people can't be asked to sell their houses to buy everything / or it must be cheap... Anyways, it's generally cheap (froggerNG: 20 euros, V: 25 pounds, .... I think 20 euros is a good price for a shareware everyone could buy... But makecd for instance is too expensive : 60 euros, and it's an essential piece of software : everyone must have it.)
