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[–] onlinepersona 36 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Good on the developer. The users complaining are really a bunch of spoiled children. Someone provides you with a free product, a donation button is introduced and you start whining incessantly.

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[–] Kissaki 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

I'm not a user of this software, but reading the ticket I know I'd be annoyed too. I was when Windows 11 changed task bar behavior to worse.

  • It dumped and animated icon in my panel in the primary position where my most used launcher normally is
  • There was no clear way to remove this intrusion into my workflow - the context menu item of "Donation options" was not something that appeared to give me that option

From that, seems like it was a disruptive donation button rather than an informational side thing.

They opened the ticket with thanks and appreciation, and made respectful factual arguments. Far from "whining incessantly".

[–] oscar 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

100 % agree. I don't mind developers asking for donations, but this seemed too intrusive. Especially with the 20-second timeout to dismiss it. The developer also seemed to have a bit of an attitude in their response.

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