Indie v.s. Pro

I had an interesting conversation the other day with an old friend. He asked me why I stopped working professionally in the film business and decided to go the route of independant filmmaker. To say working as a writer or director is whoring yourself is unfair, because the people who hire me make things clear: they will pay me so much to direct such and such a thing for which they can do whatever they please. Much like a house painter, he is hired by you and paid $300 to paint a room, which ever colour you choose. A month after the job you can smash teh walls down or repaint them or anything, the painter doesn't car (or at least he's not supposed to) because he was paid to do job the way you wanted it. Same thing, if you go to Best Buy and buy a Toshiba TV, take the TV home, grab a baseball bat and smash the TV into a million pieces will Toshiba or Best Buy care? No. You paid for it, you can do whatever you want with it. It's the same with movie studios, they pay me, they expect me to do what they want. It would be unfair for me to assume that they would give me artistic freedom or would be take "business decision" do allow me to do whatever I want with their investment. Would anybody walk into a bank and hand their banker a big pile of cash and say: "Here, do whatever you want with it" ? Surely not.
Thus by working independantly, I am an artist and have the freedom to do whatever I choose. Because show business is just that, a business it is there to make money... and I am not the type of person who handles being told how to write or how to make a film. So I do not blame the studios, I can't... they are doing what they are supposed to do. And I, as an artist, chose the freedom over the money. Becuase I do not deal well with watching some tear down the wall I just painted, I am too proud.
I am happy with my choice.