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?

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.

ryan_harg,
@ryan_harg@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

I absolutely do, not necessarily on the pirating tools I use , though.

viking,
@viking@infosec.pub avatar

I’ve donated to the Mozilla Foundation, Wikipedia and Hibiscus/Jameica (banking software) in the past, but haven’t in a decade or so.

Linkerbaan,
@Linkerbaan@lemmy.world avatar

Bought a Home Assistant dongle to support them and have a hopefully well supported piece of hardware. Sorely disappointed in it my my old 15 dollar dongle was better.

lambda,
@lambda@programming.dev avatar

Yes, I subscribe to a few on Open Collective.

ndsvw,
@ndsvw@feddit.de avatar

Yes. Maybe $50 a year split up to Debian, KDE, and a few app developers of apps I use regularly.

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!

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.

rando,

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

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

PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S,
@PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

Not yet, but I will when I get a job. I want to give back to the community, but I can’t afford it right now.

USSEthernet, (edited )

Yes. I’ve donated multiple times to the Octoprint project because it’s free and an invaluable 3d printing tool. Speaking of this project, this dev is currently in dire need of donations. If you own a 3d printer and use this tool, consider donating. octoprint.org

Recently donated to Electronic Frontier Foundation because online privacy is under attack worldwide and I use privacy badger. eff.org

I’ve donated to signal a few times as well since it is my and my family’s primary messaging app. signal.org

I also live by a code that I don’t pirate indie games unless it’s for my younger son, who has an attention span of a goldfish so I don’t waste money buying him something he’ll play for 5 minutes (but leaves it open well past the 2 hour return window on steam) then never plays again. Or if that indie dev went exclusive only on a specific platform.

meldrik,

I have a recurrent donation to the development of Lemmy, set up on Liberapay.

mikwee,

When Keybase did its Stellar giveaway back in the day I donated some Lumens to the Tor Project and another thing I don’t remember.

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

Yes, Syncthing, FreeFileSync, WinSCP, KeePassXC and others.

as well as 10 euro to qBittorrent

I would rather donate to Transmission.

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