So someone recently told me I should cut back on donations to open source projects. So I broke down my spending since October 1st (with subscriptions annualized) and … I’m not spending enough. My spending on FOSS is that 1.3% slither and adding in subscription services makes it 4.1%.

I’m not in a rush to start donations, since I don’t want to add to the December-ness of FOSS donations. I just want to hear people’s thoughts.

I currently donate to:

1. GrapheneOS
2. KDE
3. Mint (Update: Since drawing this graph this has been cancelled. Due to their security and the fact I don’t really use them anymore)

In terms of priorities I have the following:

1. Contributes to the “security by default” of the Linux ecosystem.
2. Headquartered outside of the US, or at the very least a project that’s a middle-finger to US big tech.
3. Something I actually use would be preferable (Currently I use Kubuntu (distro-hop aggressively pending) with DesktopPal97, CachyOS, GrapheneOS, ProtonMail/Drive/Pass, LibreOffice, Steam, Threema, Anki, Lemmy, Firefox, various Accrescent Apps, and various browser extensions)

The real tough part is that I don’t want to use PayPal (Thiel/Musk), GitHub sponsors (Microsoft), or Bitcoin (I’m open to mining it in the background, but I don’t like the idea of turning real cash into fake cash).

So what do you all donate to?