>>110087520
A love of free and open sores, I guess. As for proprietary software: that isn't going away, obviously. It's just that no one's gonna bother making things that run on a normal PC, only platforms with hardware-level DRM.

>>110087520
Some business use cases will want service contracts to go with the software, which decompiled slop can't rly offer

>>110087520
Love of the game

>>110087520
Niche markets that rely on unique data or content. Like stock market companies with proprietary trading analytics or feeds. Tax software too.
Religious software like Logos bible that aggregates tons of books from different publishers.
Anything that's needed for specific certifications, like pilot and airline software. You won't be qualified if you trained on some ghetto decompiled shit.
Official diagnostic tools, like for John Deere or Ford or what have you. All of these are going to need human coders for the time being.
I guess the lesson is to find a niche.

Nothing changes for FOSS developers since the code is already out there for everyone to see and modify.

>>110087520
>So what is the motivation to make good code now that everything can be decompiled?
It already could.

>>110087601
FOSS developers are already drowning in AI slop. And who's gonna pick up that mantle when the current batch of vaguely competent oldschool devs finally retires?