I commented here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41514547, but CommitGo was founded to ensure the longevity of the Gitea project. Due to the formation of the company more maintainers have been able to be paid for their time, and bounties/contracted work etc.. all go straight to the project.
Expecting your volunteer contributions to not get paywalled is not a beggar attitude…
Gitea specifically has a track record of taking advantage of the good will of open source contributors, which is why the forgejo fork exists.