Only ways I can see are PayPal and card payments, do they not accept crypto or anything?
They do.
Here.
Hook for their FAQ:
I don’t understand why there is still no “liberated” fork without license check.
GPL license allows this.
BTW, I donated them (this is in case someone will blame me as freeloader).
I think some people (especially in countries like India, where 20$ is month worth salary or Iran where it can be impossible to make a transaction) simply won’t be able to purchase it…
Yeah I agree it is strange no one has just compiled it and put it out for free. I guess as well if you wanna buy android + iOS licenses, it’s quite expensive.
Lack of interest and/or resources, such as time and effort, no different from any other project.