I've always felt guilty by taking for granted the rare breed of virtuous humans that provide free excellent software without relying on advertising. Let's change that and pay, how much would I “lose” anyway?

I’ve always felt guilty by taking for granted the rare breed of virtuous humans that provide free excellent software without relying on advertising. Let’s change that and pay, how much would I “lose” anyway?

  • jerkface@lemmy.caEnglish
    212·
    10 months ago

    If they wanted your money, it would have been released as shareware.

    • thecrotch@sh.itjust.works
      21·
      10 months ago

      Almost every open source project accepts donations. They want your money, they just don’t demand your money.

      • haui@lemmy.giftedmc.com
        3·
        10 months ago

        Sometimes I get scared that I‘d go broke if I donated to every project I use but if everyone who downloaded my software just left a dollar, I‘d have 8k after a year which would nearly sustain me alone.

        So I think I might just donate a dollar to every project since it does make a difference.