i don’t want to spend more than $20 a month on donations. so that’s just $0.2 per project (or $2.40 per year). is there any point spending time setting up all the donations if the amount is so little?
oh also some them have a minimum donation of $5/month, or they only accept Paypal and they take fees of $0.30 + 2.9%, or they only accept Bitcoin but the network fees are $1 per transaction at the moment and I’d have to set myself a reminder to do it every month, or …
whatever, i’ll just give $10 to the Linux Foundation and $10 to Mozilla [narrator: little did he know that none of this money would be used for Linux or Firefox development]
I probably should donate to more “foundational” work, too, but I have the tendency to donate to what I use - so KDE, Document Foundation (LibreOffice) and Thunderbird top my list.
Good if overwhelmed and not sure to which project donate while using hundreds of FOSS JavaScript projects without knowing what are the low-level maintainers.
I’m surprised no one has mentioned Briar. There’s so much they’re looking to improve on but presumably because of how small they are, they’re currently moving at a snail’s pace. As I understand it, Briar isn’t even just a messenger. The Briar network can be used as a decentralized off-grid network for a variety of applications.
If they can get more donations they’d be able to expand device support and improve the Briar network’s reach among other things. Their Liberapay, Bitcoin, and Bitcoin Cash donation info is at the bottom of their website for anyone interested.
I don’t have banking card as i shut down it (not bank account, only card, i prefer to immediately withdraw to cash) so there is not many services i can donate.
But some of them support donations in crypto. So here is my list:
Signal
Linux mint
Tor
Paid only Proton (Proton Pass + SL lifetime)
I used to donate to Organic Maps but stopped after that scandal with ads inside app and their behavior calling users “paranoid”. That is not what i want from FOSS project i donate to…
Please don‘t donate to the TOR-Project. They signed this letter against Richard Stallman.
I personally wouldn‘t donate to the EFF. Propagate against mass surveillance and big tech but having profiles on literally every Social-Media platform seems very weird to me.
EFF has no choice but to stay on social media if they want to reach people who are not primarily interested in privacy. Or do you also find it weird that PrivacyGuides’ “This Week in Privacy” is uploaded to YouTube, Spotify, and Amazon Music?
For the Tor issue, it would be great if you linked the letter they signed, since anyone who doesn’t care about Stallman likely doesn’t know what you’re referring to.
You shouldn’t donate to TOR, because of a letter against Richard Stallman? Just for reference, here are the reasons for the request to remove him from all leadership positions.
