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Do you donate to FOSS projects? (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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?

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

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