Charging a price doesn't magically give your product a substantial value.

His point was:

As Google proves, being free doesn't magically remove substantial value from your product.

He went a bit overboard with the rhetoric, but looking past that you have to grant that he's correct.

The only thing he proved was that statements that state the general aren't absolute.

With a bit of thought, I think most people can understand the point I was trying to make. If you cannot, I don't see any reason to explain it in more words.

You're being obtuse. Stop it. Play nicely please when arguing :)

If you charge a price and people are willing to buy, then yes, your product does magically become substantially valuable.