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Do you donate to FOSS projects? (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hello.

Although we pirate for various reasons (ideology, no money to spend on entertainment, etc.) I wanted to know if the community actually donates money to any FOSS project? Nearly all of us use a torrent client based on libtorrent (qBit, Transmission, Deluge) or an open source Usenet client such as SABnzbd to consume our pirated content, yet I wonder, how many people here donate to FOSS projects?

I donated 15 euro to KDE in the past, as well as 10 euro to qBittorrent to keep the projects alive. I think that software that respects it's users deserves to be rewarded for doing so. What is your opinion?

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 10 months ago (11 children)

Yes yes and yes! These people are a lifeline for people like me who can't code. People like me gain so much. Free is fun, but if you can donate, even one $, €, £ or other.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (10 children)

Have considered this but i have not yet started looking up anonymous ways to donate. Suggestions where i could start - eg how to anonymize credit card information online? If not anonymize, minimize personal info at least?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

How about bank account that generate cards for you ? Then you can destroy it online

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

thanks for this suggestion. like one-time-use cards? nice. this is new to me. i will ask my bank if they offer this service.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

If you have Revolut or N26 you can generate a card only load it for amount you want and delete it after use.

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