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submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by CriticalMiss@lemmy.world to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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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[-] CleanDefinition@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

I donate to Linux Mint every now and then.

[-] ryan_harg@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 7 months ago

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

[-] Serval@sh.itjust.works 5 points 7 months 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.

[-] unknowing8343@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 7 months ago

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

[-] qaz@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

I’ve donated to KDE before and plan on doing again. I plan on increasing the frequency when I graduate and have a job.

[-] brickfrog@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months 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.

[-] June@lemm.ee 5 points 7 months ago

I give $10/month to RiseUp for their VPN service.

[-] viking@infosec.pub 4 points 7 months 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@programming.dev 4 points 7 months ago

Yes, I subscribe to a few on Open Collective.

[-] hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 7 months ago

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

[-] beta_tester@lemmy.ml 3 points 7 months ago

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

[-] 01011@monero.town 3 points 7 months ago

I donate to any project I use that takes xmr.

[-] JackOfAllTraits@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

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

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[-] TCB13@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

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

as well as 10 euro to qBittorrent

I would rather donate to Transmission.

[-] art@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months 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.

[-] mikwee@lemmyverse.org 3 points 7 months 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.

[-] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

Bought a Home Assistant dongle to support them and have a hopefully well supported piece of hardware. Sorely disappointed in it my my old 15 dollar dongle was better.

[-] trimmerfrost@lemm.ee 3 points 7 months ago
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[-] rando@lemmy.ml 3 points 7 months ago

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

[-] ikidd@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months 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.

[-] thanatotus@lemmy.ml 2 points 7 months 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.

[-] kionite231@lemmy.ca 2 points 7 months ago

I wish I could 😢

[-] msage@programming.dev 2 points 7 months 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

[-] Interstellar_1@pawb.social 2 points 7 months ago

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

[-] meldrik@lemmy.wtf 2 points 7 months ago

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

[-] PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 7 months 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.

[-] corvidae@leminal.space 2 points 7 months 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!

[-] CookieOfFortune@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

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

[-] Sabakodgo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 7 months ago

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

[-] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 7 months ago

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

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