Rust is downloading 1546 dependencies
Being able to do what you want is a part of private ownership. Some people just like making their code available to everyone.
They are not free because they deprive you of your privacy.
Leave it to users. Let people decide what they want to see.
I don’t want to join a proprietary service, but I want to be able to communicate with people who chose to join it.
Good for you. Not all of us have terabytes of free space on our computers.