It just doesn't work like that...

A "selling price" is really an "access price". If access is free, people will just not have any incentive or reason to pay, so they won't. Paying for stuff you can access for free is irrational.

Even the "token of appreciation" behavior can be explained rationally in terms of people getting something out of it, e.g., a feeling of moral superiority that they value to the point of paying money to feel virtuous.

All the big ideologies of the 20th century failed because they will refuse to recognize and accept how human incentives work. This is the same case.

Hoping that humans will suddenly stop making the economic calculation between "What's the most I'm willing to pay" and "How much do I have to give to access this" will not bring anyone to any sort of productive conclusion, only to frustration and resentment.