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submitted 8 months ago by CynicusRex@hexbear.net to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

I've always felt guilty by taking for granted the rare breed of virtuous humans that provide free excellent software without relying on advertising. Let's change that and pay, how much would I “lose” anyway?

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[-] thfi@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 8 months ago

Many projects accept donations, for example for server costs or travel expenses (conferences, meetings). You can setup recurring monthly transfers to projects whose software you use most often. Examples are the Free Software Foundation for various GNU tools or the KDE project.

[-] CynicusRex@hexbear.net 3 points 8 months ago

That's what I did, hence the essay ;)

[-] ReCursing@kbin.social 1 points 8 months ago

I already donate a fiver monthly to a few charities I like (Amnesty International, Liberty, and Wikipedia), I might add KDE to that list once my currently financial woes are sorted (along with Citizens Advice who are helping me through them)

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