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This is your yearly reminder to donate to (if you can) your favorite open source project (lemmy.world)

submitted 9 months ago by White_Flight@lemmy.world to c/piracy@lemmy.ml

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[-] FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world 14 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Also, consider The Electronic Frontier Foundation, Wikipedia, and The Internet Archive

[-] GravitySpoiled@lemmy.ml 15 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Wikipedia shall get their money from google and other big companies that use the database. There are many more projects that can use money much better

[-] gim@lemm.ee 11 points 9 months ago

Good to know. I was thinking of donating but I’ll give to the internet archive instead.

[-] FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world 14 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Nothing wrong with donating to Wiki but donating to Internet Archive would be better IMO: They need it more.

[-] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 11 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I'm skeptical of Wikipedia's genuine need for money after reading this.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Guy_Macon/Wikipedia_has_Cancer

I trust Archive.org a lot more.

[-] FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

Damn, that's pretty wild!

[-] alex@jlai.lu 4 points 9 months ago

I'd recommend donating to your national Wikimedia chapter if you aren't in the US. They're not funded by megacorps and they often struggle financially, and they're the ones doing a lot of work on the ground.