Incredible, the last two months absolutely crushed on the first day of December and all it took was a single desktop notification. This is just the paypal donations as well. You can take a look at the data for yourself here.
this post was submitted on 01 Dec 2024
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I'm split on this. On one hand of course they need funding, on the other i left windows behind because all their shitty self advertisement so i got a bit irritated by seeing the notification. Of course the notification is easily ignored and if it's a one time thing is fine but I'm scared it might not be
I thought it was good to see to be honest. None of this just conjures itself out of thin air, and it'd be worse if they had no other way to get money except sell out to some corporate entity.
Some people don't even think about donating, not that they don't want to but it hasn't even occurred to them.
A gentle reminder on occasion is completely acceptable and uses no dark patterns to get you to donate.