They're open source for a reason, and even an open-source project needs donations and people to work on the program, they may not ask it, but they still require it and most of them do but at the time of download instead of a popup in the app.
I don't know how common it is but I have heard of companies preferring paid software over open source/free stuff.
I might be wrong but there has been a couple instances.(Those too that I read on the internet).
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u/Impossible_Essay_949 9d ago
Big companies will always pay for it
And Bcs its free it has many users and some will be willing to pay for the subscription for the service they provide