First Thing First (Score 1)

SOftware is more like knowledge, it is not manufactured

you dont pay for the car, but for the raw material, transformation, labour and profit

if the raw material was free
material tranformation(melting, forging etc.) was free
if someone is offering free labour
and some non-profit car company want your car can be free

The initial cost of development in closed source model is high, the price they charge is proportionate to the size of the company and the money it has(Microsoft is a case)not the benefits the user gets

open source development is not costly, its more like community development work, You dont reinvent the wheel, existing tools and service are optimally utilised, Sharing Your knowledge and software has become cheaper and widely available due to internet

You dont lose anything as in theft with open source, but you gain good will, you save manhours, you help your community