You are much better informed than I, as are others here, concerning these issues.
I do not know about communist sympathies other than in history lessons, so I must defer to those who are more attuned to current thinking on that.
I just see simple things, really, tho of course I am aware there is always much more than simple black and white to most anything, I also know there is black and white to some things.
You say entrepreneurial ppl are leaving Europe, but yet a common complaint in America is so much of the skilled workforce, and companies, have left or are leaving.
Call support for most fortune 500 companies born in America to see examples of that.
But I still say that ppl who wish to offer free items are free to do so, and this is the backbone of the democracy [and capitalism] of the internet....free is inherent in it. As with so much software and other services we all enjoy, for free.
I do not see how this is collectivism but that it is a true freedom of choices. Pay people for -things-, or not.. do for free, or not.
I also feel that if one wishes to change their mind and have content removed, there should be a process for doing so, if not, then they should clearly understand this in advance. However, the net being what it is, most anything published to it is then very available to others, in many ways.
It is really all a matter of choice...