Giving back to the Linux ecosystem is definitely much more enjoyable than reporting Windows bugs. I'm active building packages and reporting/fixing bugs for Solus, as well as contributing some code to a variety of projects from time to time. It's more of a relaxing pastime for me than a chore. Also you mostly are in direct contact with the actual developers of the apps/libraries, which is a huge improvement.
>> It's more of a relaxing pastime for me than a chore.
This is how a lot of software should be developed. Time to reflect and think about how to make things better. Not some weird money and authority driven scheme.