Given:
- the time, efforts and resources I had to put into this
- the value for people to get back access to thousands of euros or dollars (that's mostly bonus since I guess few people buy BTC at $45,000 to get locked a few days later... it's rather people that have been locked for years and have generated profits as long as we're at an ATH)
- my need for honest, hard-earned revenue (I'm not a philantropist billionnaire)
- how much other people like Dave @WRS charge
...it wouldn't make sense for me to give it all away for free right now. Don't get me wrong, it's "just" software and hardware and if I was in a very different financial situation myself, I would consider uploading my scripts and instructions to a github repo and let everybody use these tools to help themselves.
But the way I see it, I'd need to crack a few valuable wallets before this happens. Also, some people will never put together the software and hardware required to run it because they don't want the trouble.
I know there are other last resort options when it comes to unlocking wallets and people are welcome to try them out.
But I do believe there are niche situations where my service can be more appropriate.
FWIW, my friend was so happy he gave me 33% of his wallet and thanked me with a nice wine bottle. I didn't expect so much but we're both very happy with the outcome. He told me: "The way I see it, it was either 0 BTC / 0 € forever or some BTC / some € to share with a friend."