Thats an excuse of an argument and you know it. Things like yuzu and cemu had no reason to turn a profit like they did for what they had. The devs were fine and yet they did what they did. And on the other end of the spectrum there are homebrew devs that need money ( and i donate to ) but dont sell their stuff because its better free.
I never tried to make a profit out of priiloader or any of my successful free projects either, despite wanting more money sometimes.
There is a difference between a product and a project.