for me, if a game or video or novel or what have you is free, I have a hard time criticizing it, since the only thing wasted was my time. And given I can stop engaging with the media at any time, so really if I continue to waste my time with something poorly made, it is my fault, not the creator's that I wasted my time.
I know this is just the sunk cost fallacy, but this means that often I'll want to put my work out there for free because I don't want to be criticized.