I do not get this even I started using vim over 25 years ago. Is this just about the shared name? Why are they placed in an upside down triangle?

They are paying for support, not the software itself. A long time ago you could go to the store and buy a box containing the CDs for Mandrake Linux as an example just like you can do with windows right now. You were not paying for the software itself but for the media and the box. Even when you pay for a binary on windows, you pay for the service of them compiling it and making it available to you, not the software itself since it is free/libre.

When I am done configuring, I start tinkering!

How often does one pay for free/libre software? Unless choosing to send a voluntary contribution to a project, which is not the same as paying in my eyes, it sure has not happened to me in over 25 years when it was easier to order a set of CDs than trying to download the ISOs on a 56k modem.

This is the first time I see this "classic’. It has so much potential for further development.

I use imagepipe which has similar functions but it’s seven times smaller:

https://f-droid.org/en/packages/de.kaffeemitkoffein.imagepipe/

There may be phones that allow you to do this and there are also smart rings you may be able to use by cloning the card with a proxmark 3, a flipper 0 or other similar devices.

This is dumb, the is no point in using mkfs just before dding an ISO on a drive, even if it is the wrong one.

Can someone explain this one? What is funny is that I would gladly buy some of their latest games if only I could play them on GeForce Now but it seems like they do not want people to be able to play there.