Almost all knowledge is now available for free. Just saying "could learn this for free" doesn't mean people will or should.
It's impossible to learn everything that could be useful. We have to prioritize.
In some cases, that means paying money for information we could get elsewhere.
At my consulting rate, I can buy this course in three hours (it's not technical consulting). Would I spend more than three hours of my time gathering all the information in this course? Most likely.
Therefore, I can actually save money by buying this course. And given that one additional sale of the product I'm using this for is worth the price of the course, it's information I am interested in.
I think we are agreeing - although I seem to be saying patio11 is a kick in the pants, and you saying he is an aggregator of knowledge. Either way yes, there is a price point to be found, 250 seems not unreasonable and I guess most importantly I would not worry patio11 is a shyster and so would be far more likely to buy than J.random course
It's impossible to learn everything that could be useful. We have to prioritize.
In some cases, that means paying money for information we could get elsewhere.
At my consulting rate, I can buy this course in three hours (it's not technical consulting). Would I spend more than three hours of my time gathering all the information in this course? Most likely.
Therefore, I can actually save money by buying this course. And given that one additional sale of the product I'm using this for is worth the price of the course, it's information I am interested in.