• dinckel@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    A lot of people here have such a bizarre stance.

    People have put work into this, for free. And the moment they ask for support, you immediately bring the pitchforks out, over a singular pop-up you can permanently disable? That’s just plain disrespectful, at the very least

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      2 months ago

      The one change I would make would be adding a “never” button to the notification so you don’t have to disable it in the settings if you don’t want it

      Or actually “Don’t show again” would probably be better phrasing

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    2 months ago

    I do suspect a small but vocal crowd of people will spread doom and gloom about it on social media anyway, of course.

    I see they’re here already

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    2 months ago

    As long as the “No Thanks” button is a one and done go-away button, I think this is a decent idea!

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      2 months ago

      It’s once per year, easily dismissed, and can be permanently disabled. Seems entirely reasonable for a piece of free software that someone would use everyday

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    2 months ago

    cool and good. thunderbird is also very good about this and more projects should present their donation stuff just as tastefully

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    2 months ago

    FOSS in general needs better means of financial support. While the software is free and libre, developer time is not, and ultimately they gotta eat and pay bills. I hope they get positive results and don’t catch much unnecessary flak.