"So, I decided to take a leap of faith. The patrons got us almost all the way there, so let's remove the ads from the website and go for it. Not only that, but let's remove the cookies, tracking scripts, and every scrap of Javascript from the site—just pure text and images."

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[–] FoD@startrek.website 10 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I wasn't a super active website user, and just followed in YouTube but after I watched the video, I did two things.

First, I tested my backup/restore on my truenas.

Second, I joined the patreon and probably stick around for a bit. Everything good seems to ask me for money, and it's exhausting but at the same time it's $36 a year and I just won't buy something I don't really need at Costco this month and it's covered.

[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

Yeah, this is the way to do it. The best way would be a system where I can donate a set amount each month, and have it distributed to xyz, and all of xyz's dependencies. The dumbest part is I can't set an annual donation to anything except via patreon. I have to set myself reminders and manually donate yearly to every single project, individually.

Until that set and forget "minimize bank fees" system exists, the next best thing is each of us allocating recurring funds to the shit we care about. Fuck every company built on unsustainable expansion and growth. All they need to do is achieve and maintain x amount of supporters, at y $ per month, with z amount of attrition... everything extra is a bonus.