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?

chemicalwonka,
@chemicalwonka@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

I donated to:GrapheneOS, Wikipedia, FSF and Piped Devs.

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

Black616Angel,

Of course. I donate to the Lemmy developers, Wikipedia and a few others.

But donating is kinda hard sometimes because I would really like a system, where dependencies also get some.
Take Lemmy for example. It’s built with rust and uses lots of crates (libraries). So why not give like 50% to Lemmy and the other half to the used crates. And those also split with their dependencies.

Sneptaur,
@Sneptaur@pawb.social avatar

When I can, I do. I’ve donated to several projects over the years.

fuggadihere, (edited )

I donate to Thunderbird. Monthly :)

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.

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

Count me in. I believe they shared their work out of passion and why not us end-user/power-user give back if these donations combined this can be beneficial to the developer’s lives. Or contribute to the project itself.

the_seven_sins,
@the_seven_sins@feddit.de avatar

Debian project once a year, I also donated to Mozilla and Libreoffice last year.

Interstellar_1,
@Interstellar_1@pawb.social avatar

No, but I don’t have a credit card, so I can’t

some_guy,

Yes. Homebrew and Asahi Linux.

droidpenguin,

Yes, you should support open source when possible if the project(s) you use are beneficial to you! Your dollars are far more valuable to help out a small team of independent volunteers vs multi-billion dollar corporations that really don’t need it.

If you can’t donate money, donate your time / skills or do both! Make the world of software a better place, one small contribution at a time!

CleanDefinition,

I donate to Linux Mint every now and then.

D_Air1,
@D_Air1@lemmy.ml avatar

Yeah, donate to kde every now and then.

KazuchijouNo,

Personally, I’m still just a student, so I don’t even have much money for myself. However, I’ve been compiling a list of projects to which I’d like to donate one day when I get a decent job. It includes many apps from FDroid, a couple of distros and a Japanese dictionary app that I absolutely love. I’d also like to create free-libre apps too, so I can give back to the community in the future.

rando,

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

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