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?

beta_tester,

Yes, the smaller the project, the likelier I donate (more often)

kionite231,

I wish I could 😢

doublejay1999,
@doublejay1999@lemmy.world avatar

Yes just a couple of bucks here and there.

Almost BECAUSE they’ve done it for free, I like to chip in .

Serval,
@Serval@sh.itjust.works avatar

I’ll soon have a salary and, as I mainly pirate music, I’d like to donate to SpotiFlyer and the artists I listen to the most. However, so far I haven’t donated anything.

hemko,

I have a small monthly budget for donations in general. It’s often niche stuff I love to use, and/or humanitarian aid

Gormadt,
@Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

Sometimes

Usually I think of a one time donation as a purchase price for me or sometimes an annual subscription fee depending on how much I use it

Though the amount I put down ain’t much, I still think it’s a good idea

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.

unknowing8343,

Every Christmas, to the most used projects of the year (that are not rich already).

DogMuffins,

Yes absolutely.

Pro tip: choose an appropriate annual budget, divide that amongst different projects in a logical way.

0x4E4F,

Nope, but I think I’ve given enough to the community over the years.

Though I was thinking of donating to Void (maybe even some sort of a partnership, if they agree to it, which I seriously doubt) cuz I use it for business purposes as well.

Anamana,
@Anamana@feddit.de avatar

Not actively (every month)

DeltaTangoLima, (edited )
@DeltaTangoLima@reddrefuge.com avatar

Yep - I have a list of a dozen or so that I donate to annually, so about one a month. Usually it’s around 20 dollars (mine or theirs - depends on how they’re setup to receive).

Engywuck,

Yep, donated/bought to Cryptomator/Fair email/Dav5x… Mostly one-time contributions, though. Better than nothing, I guess.

qaz,

I’ve donated to KDE before and plan on doing again. I plan on increasing the frequency when I graduate and have a job.

gkd,
@gkd@lemmy.ml avatar

Just as an aside, donating does not have to be monetary. Helping (if possible) with development, triaging issues or helping with support/forums of any kind, along with in general filing good issues goes miles for FOSS projects, especially larger ones with only a few developers.

DieguiTux8623,

Yes… especially for newborn project it’s quite difficult to find volunteers or people just wanting to help out, test, triage reports, etc.

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