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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] 5 points 1 year ago

No, but I plan to as soon as I can financially afford to.

There are countless Foss tools I'm using that deserve the money.

Currently I try to "contribute" by releasing my stuff into the open source space for free.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yes, usually at the end of the year if there are funds to spare I'll donate to a bunch of FOSS projects, other non-profits, websites, etc. especially if I use them year-round.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I have before and likely will again, though I don't on a continuous basis.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I donate to Linux Mint every now and then.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

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

[–] lambda 4 points 1 year ago

Yes, I subscribe to a few on Open Collective.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I've donated to Ardour for years and I pitched in at the last Kdenlive find raising. I'd like to chip in more once my budget has stabilized.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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

as well as 10 euro to qBittorrent

I would rather donate to Transmission.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Yup, to Fediverse, this server, Calyx fondation and Signal

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I donate to any project I use that takes xmr.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I donated to libre office recently and I want to start donating to Wikipedia yearly now that I am settled in my first job

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

not every one but the ones i particularly find useful (i monthly donate to thunderbird and firefox) or through github sponsors

[–] msage 2 points 1 year ago

Gentoo - three digits Matrix - used to patreon, but it's dead, so I stopped Wiki - occasionally

I really need to support Postgres and Patroni. Next year's goals

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I donated to Linux Mint once, I think it’s time to make another donation.

This time, I think I’ll donate to one of the emulator developers. I’ll have to take a look and see which platform is currently receiving updates pretty regularly. I’m learning towards ryujinx as that’s the main switch emulator I use. But I’m also considering pcsx2 as I really love that system.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I wish I could 😢

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I've donated in the past to elementaryOS, other Linux projects and separately to Wikipedia.

I've tried contributing code, but it's miniscule. I wish I could give more time.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Not directly per se. I donate to Wikipedia, EFF, and the ACLU. I guess Wikipedia is FOSS?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

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!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yes, I donate $1-5 monthly to many devs.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yes. Homebrew and Asahi Linux.

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