Comment by nofunsir

"everybody who wanted your software bought it and then the revenue stops."

That's... how it should work. You don't get to hook into their wallets for time and all eternity.

everybody who wanted your <shovel> bought it and then the revenue stops.

everybody who wanted your <light bulb> bought it and then the revenue stops.

everybody who wanted your <real estate> bought it and then the revenue stops.

... and then you go do something else!

That is the precise mechanism that drives the economy forward.