As you can tell I am not and never was a fan of Session. But if I would be this is probably the question I would have asked too.
In earlier days they several times published about plans to monetize like here Session: The Road To Monetisation And $oxen Value Capture - Oxen | Privacy made simple. Not sure any of that really worked out.
Adds friction and isn’t coherent with the mission.
Thanks for sharing! I did decide to donate since I love the concept of secure messaging without the need for a phone number. Perhaps it’s me, but I’ve been wondering why Session hasn’t received more attention. Even most of my IT savvy acquintances hadn’t heard about Session when I first mentioned it during the years. If they manage to stay in the game, I hope they will be able to attract more attention. In my ideal world, once “everyone” has migrated away from WhatsApp to Signal, I’ll keep in touch using Signal/Session integration while luring them away from Signal to Session. 
Cause it literally lacks the standard reasonably expected feature set discussed earlier in this thread? It was never a product one could fully move to even if they wanted to and had the contacts for it.
We could technically decentralize Signal too - using our own proxies (or others’). It just won’t be onion routed but could still work where it needs to if not many are connected to each proxy (in order to increase your chances to remain hidden from nation states).
That could be part of the problem. Personally I don’t care much for more than the bare minimum, but to each their own. 
Session partners with Silent Donor to accept anonymous donations.
