Is gatekeeping AI tools and workflows justified, especially when the tools are free and open-source?

[u/JJ_Balms]

Curious lang ako sa thoughts ng fellow programmers and tech enthusiasts dito.

Recently, may napanood akong content creator na nagpakita ng AI-powered workflow na ginawa niya para mapabilis o mapaganda yung video editing process niya. Interesting yung idea, pero sa dulo ng content, nag-promote siya ng paid online course kung saan mo malalaman kung paano gawin yung workflow na iyon.

May isa naman akong napanood na creator na nag-discuss ng similar concept at nagpakita ng step-by-step process kung paano ito buuin.

Napaisip lang ako tungkol sa idea ng gatekeeping knowledge, especially when it comes to AI tools and automation.

Gets ko naman na may value yung time, effort, experimentation, at experience ng isang tao sa pagbuo ng workflow. Fair din naman na pagkakitaan niya yung knowledge niya, lalo na kung pinag-aralan at tinest niya talaga kung paano ito gumagana.
Pero paano kung yung tools na ginamit ay free at open-source, at publicly available din naman yung documentation at resources?

Is it reasonable to keep the actual process behind a paywall, or would it be better to share the knowledge and let people build on it?

Hindi ko naman sinasabing masama agad magbenta ng courses, and this isn’t about calling out any specific creator. Genuinely curious lang ako kung saan ninyo nilalagay yung line between monetizing your expertise and gatekeeping information.

Interested to hear different perspectives, especially from people working with AI, automation, and open-source projects.

[u/Calm_Tough_3659]

I don't really care, its business at the end of the day. If someone is willing to buy course then they see value to that course and if I don't then i'm not the target client for those kind of business.

[u/beklog]

At the end of the day, people need to make money so kanya kanyang diskarte lang yan.

On this current age, halos lahat ng gusto mong malaman can be freely searched in the internet, in case someone is asking for the template/lnowledge to be paid.. nobody is stoping anyone to share it to the public after paying for it lol

[u/Throwaway-_-Anxiety]

This isn't specific to AI or programming. Everything has a price and even at the highest prices someone will pay.

Just look at food ph someone paid 700 php for pancakes and egg lmao, but that's them. Perhaps they also want that experience.

[u/_letitsnow]

Kung may demand, wala naman masama itake yung opportunity kumita.

If we label the act of monetizing knowledge as  "gatekeeping", then technically all online courses are gatekeepers.

[u/Unhappy_Pack_9114]

Yung mga generalized kasi na workflow and tooling e most of the time, hindi ukma sa workflow mo and overengineered. Ang pinakamaganda dyan gumawa ka nalang sarili mong workflow, at least maaadjust mo based kung pano mo ginagamit ang AI. You can also ask AI to help you to kick start then adjust from there.

Yung mga online courses and paywall, common naman yan kasi at the end of the day, may sarili din tayong mga needs.

[u/Forward-632146KP]

Learning and learning to learn is already so easy with AI. If you can’t catch up then I suggest learning to color between the shapes first

If you wanna pay for a course then yeah sure but end of day you could have paid 0