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DivestOS is fundraising, no longer sustainable ($12,000 goal) (divested.dev)
submitted 10 months ago by jonah@lemmy.one to c/privacyguides@lemmy.one
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Sharing this because it's one of the most promising Android projects we recommend on Privacy Guides, and it would be a huge detriment to the Android/Privacy community at large if this developer is no longer able to continue this work :(

Happy New Year!

DivestOS and the Divested projects as they currently stand are ultimately unsustainable.

My goal for 2023 was to acquire a grant to continue my work, I was unsuccessful.

Today I am announcing a fundraiser of raising $12,000 USD by end of February.

It may be a stretch to ask, but I hope you all have found sufficient value in my work to keep these projects going.

If it is unsuccessful I will switch to a full-time job and the Divested projects will take a backseat.

To those who have donated, I truly appreciate your support.

Thank you - Tavi/Tad.

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[-] neurospice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 44 points 10 months ago

This dev is very important to the FOSS android ecosystem. I've divested an old phone and I love how opinionated the project is in regards to security. They are very active and take the project very seriously - when I submitted a bug report on github I got a response within three minutes!

Please donate!

[-] rush@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago

...three minutes!?!?!

Talk about dedication, I love that

[-] mamus@fosstodon.org 29 points 10 months ago

@jonah this is important!

He develops fennec, mull and much more.

[-] loki@lemmy.ml 9 points 10 months ago

I wouldn't say he develops fennec, he contributes to fennec. relan develops fennec. Mull depends on fennec to remove proprietary blobs and builds it along with user.js from arkenfox.

[-] jet@hackertalks.com 25 points 10 months ago

These projects are great, and I donated, to be sustainable these need to be group efforts, not a single person's passion project.

[-] Imprint9816@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

This was a big concern in the Kuketz review. The whole project is basically one guy. Now this guy needs 12k in the next 7 weeks to keep going.

Divest is an amazing project and dealing with these costs is a major issue for any small business. Hoping for the best!

Donated. If you don't reach the goal, hopefully it helps out in someway.

[-] Gooey0210@sh.itjust.works 21 points 10 months ago

I don't use any of their roms or apps but will donate $1-5

Have heard good things about the project, and there's actually not that many similar projects out there

Long live foss, we are a legion

[-] Gooey0210@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Now you! 1000027180

[-] RedNight@lemmy.ml 17 points 10 months ago

I'm not a heavy user of the Divested ecosystem or use the ROMs, but I'll donate to keep the options healthy and encourage good work! I wish there were a couple more cryptocurrency options like ethereum and bitcoin cash.

[-] Cinner@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

I wish there were a couple more cryptocurrency options like ethereum and bitcoin cash.

Trocador

Orangefren

[-] PublicLewdness@burggit.moe 1 points 8 months ago

I have used DivestOS on my Pixel 2 for a while now so I donated. Glad to see the fundraising was successful.

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