I'll give you a real life example that can may help you understand this.
There are two people, they both own a burger shop.
One of them collects burgers that other people made then sells them and gets some money. The other one works hard on his burgers and makes them more suitable for his shop. Really, free models should only bother you anyway, because you know you haven't truly done anything and that you don't have everything exactly the way you wanted them to be.
I used to free model but then I noticed my games had no meaning and they were just fun. Later on I started only using free models for their scripts, and now, I learnt to script so I started to make everything myself. I can still make a fun game but this time it will be better because everything is alike and well-placed, my building skills have improved and I know how to script.
tl;dr People who are negative about your using FMs are stupid, it has nothing to do with them. Using FMs only affects you, and usually negatively. |