Well, people make good code that is open source, even though it doesn’t make them any money. Same with wikipedia articles.

So why are we not seeing more contributions in the form of better UX/UI it the open source world? I don’t see a logical reason why that has to be the case. The question is what can we do to change it, and also get UX-designers on board?

I have to daughters, and my personal experience has been overwhelmingly positive.

By that I do NOT mean that it’s convenient - it absolutely is not. It’s stressful, and all hedonistic pleasures go down the drain for a period of time. But they give my life meaning in a way few other things can.

Also the traffic is monopolized in platform silos

Check out this guy and his research if you haven’t already. Confirms what you describe, with some rally alarming numbers and data to back it up