Do you donate to FOSS projects?

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?

White_Flight,

every year

Gazumi,

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.

malamignasanmig,

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?

Alborlin,

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

malamignasanmig,

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.

Alborlin,

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

melmi,
@melmi@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

You can’t really anonymously use a credit card. Privacy.com will let you give bogus info to the FOSS project if you really don’t trust the devs having your name, but you’ll have to give Privacy a bunch of info which is arguably an even bigger invasion of privacy. I suppose it’s a matter of who you trust.

Most donations will go through an intermediary like PayPal so it’s not like you’re giving them your credit card info directly.

malamignasanmig,

guess i can just use my credit card details. i trust the devs more than paypal. hahahahaha. i mean, they have done so much good already.

meldrik,

You could use the cryptocurrency Monero. It’s specifically made to be anonymous.

malamignasanmig,

thanks for suggesting Monero, however i dont use cryptocurrency because we are still very cash dependent where im from.

aBundleOfFerrets,

You can buy monero online and then donate said monero to foss projects also online

Gazumi,

FOSS s such a wide area of practice. There is no detriment in supporting a FOSS keyboard or image editor. Perhaps for these, or for software that might sails across the lines you might consider Monero, or similar.

malamignasanmig,

i was thinking of donating to the projects i use a lot - inkscape and kdenlive. thanks for suggesting Monero, which was also suggested by another user. unfortunately, i dont have cryptocurrency. maybe i will just use cc for these donations.

trimmerfrost,

I’m broke

e_mc2, (edited )

Not too broke to own a PC or smart phone to be here, so easy excuse imo. Small bits also help, it’s the gesture that counts.

Schlecknits,

Don’t shame others into donating please.

In order to participate in modern life you have to own a device which is able to connect to the internet. Also older devices get often gifted away to those who can less afford them.

e_mc2,

I’m definitely not trying to shame anyone. Just saying it’s the gesture that counts. Even donating 1, 2, 5 dollars makes a difference. It’s a big thank you to all the devs who make all these awesome apps and tools for free. And in my opinion nobody is too broke to show their appreciation for these people, even if it’s just a very small amount. It makes a hell of a difference to those devs.

e_mc2,

Downvoted for making a point to support devs who built FOSS. I’m getting some “nice” Reddit vibes here.

Pyrozo007,

How much do you think it costs to get a phone or PC?

I literally just got randomly given 3 cheap smartphones for free the other day. Even paying, you can get a OnePlus X for £40 on ebay.

DudeDudenson,

You’ve never been broke have you

FuyuhikoDate,

I dont have much money But i always love the message in Pirated Stuff “if you like it buy it!”

So one day i thought “come one at least pay 1 buck, because if everybody would pay at least 1 buck to a Project they like it would be an awesome Project!”

So i started with one Thing (i think gadgetbridge it was) and donated 1€ every year. So i did it to twelve Projects (1 for each month) and since i got my First Job, i pushed it up to 5€

So right now i Sonate 5€ a year to 12 Foss / other Projects i REALLY belive in and love (and use on a daily base) everything Else will be Still pirated (excwpr for winrar! I PAYD FOR WINRAR!!!)

aBundleOfFerrets,

It would be foolish not to pay for winrar. They are known for being extremely litigious of people who use the software once the license expires

jeena,
@jeena@jemmy.jeena.net avatar

I did donate first to Mozilla but switched to Thunderbird because I think they’re doing a better job. But now that I’m a stay at home dad for one year I stopped because I don’t have any income and need to keep my money together while only living from savings until I’m back at work.

Unforeseen,

Thunderbird is a Mozilla project tho?

jeena,
@jeena@jemmy.jeena.net avatar

They are helping with collecting the funds and so on but when you donate to Thunderbird the money will be used for Thunderbird development.

corvidae,
@corvidae@leminal.space avatar

this post has inspired me to look into it! i already was a part of proton’s unlimited plan, but im def gonna start financially giving to other projects (and developers of said projects) that have been life changing for me, primarily linux mint and kde!

gibson,

Hello open source dev here (though no very popular projects), even relatively small donations are morale boosts (e.g, $5, $10), which is kind of sad but yeah. If you can’t do that, at least put effort into bug reports and use good manners.

obinice,
@obinice@lemmy.world avatar

My man, I can barely afford to pay to heat my sick, elderly parents living room (yes just that room, the rest of the house stays cold, can’t afford it).

I’m not donating money to anyone at all and won’t for the foreseeable future. When I do, it’ll be to cancer research <3

But I believe FOSS is a noble cause and if I were wealthy I absolutely would.

Sentau, (edited )

You most probably won’t need to donate to cancer research. It is already being funded in the hope that the medicines developed will bring in the dough once they are ready

hperrin,

I donate hundreds of hours of my time every year maintaining several open source projects. Does that count?

Dsklnsadog,
@Dsklnsadog@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

Yes, it does

Sentau,

Yes it counts and more than monetary contributions do

omnissiah,
@omnissiah@iusearchlinux.fyi avatar

Agreed, do what you can but contributing if you have the skills and time for me is like being a superhero

TheFrirish,

I donate to the OSM foundation as a basic member and 6€ monthly to organic maps. I spend a lot of time contributing to OSM as well. it’s great to be able to see and use my own work.

Sebastrion,

For anyone that wants to contribut and have some fun, use StreetComplete on F-droid.

mjhelto,

Done and done!

alphacyberranger,
@alphacyberranger@lemmy.world avatar

Yes, I’m also planning to join there soon. I’m imagining Google to make maps a subscription service in a few years.

bruchsturm,

Yes, I donate once a year to the projects I use most. I allocate about 200€ and split it up among those.

mjhelto,

I had plans to do something similar this holiday season for the first time. Normally I just donate to my local jail bond fund.

ikidd,
@ikidd@lemmy.world avatar

I donate about what I figure I’d spend on proprietary products in a year, about $600-800. Mostly KDE and docker containers I use like piped, mailcow, nextcloud, as well as podcasts I listen to as long as they supply an ad-free feed.

CookieOfFortune,

Not directly per se. I donate to Wikipedia, EFF, and the ACLU. I guess Wikipedia is FOSS?

rando,

Yes, also generally I donate different project every 6 months (instead of recurring payment to one project).

hubobes,

Yep, monthly towards Mozilla and Wireguard.

_hovi_,

Not a big anti Mozilla guy but have you seen their earnings? You could probably put the Mozilla donations to better use elsewhere imo

ndsvw,
@ndsvw@feddit.de avatar

… which makes Mozilla more dependent from you know what company…

TCB13, (edited )
@TCB13@lemmy.world avatar

Why Mozilla?? …locals.com/…/firefox-money-investigating-the-biz…

Payments to nonexistent companies? Funding politics? Reliance on a single customer? And that’s just for starters.

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