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

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by CriticalMiss@lemmy.world to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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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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[-] obinice@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

My man, I can barely afford to pay to heat my sick, elderly parents living room (yes just that room, the rest of the house stays cold, can't afford it).

I'm not donating money to anyone at all and won't for the foreseeable future. When I do, it'll be to cancer research <3

But I believe FOSS is a noble cause and if I were wealthy I absolutely would.

[-] Sentau@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You most probably won't need to donate to cancer research. It is already being funded in the hope that the medicines developed will bring in the dough once they are ready