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[–] NotEasyBeingGreen@slrpnk.net 31 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I give money to LibreOffice, Thunderbird, Armbian, the Wikipedia, and so on. I don't have to, but it shows my appreciation, and maybe helps them do more in some small way.

[–] mhzawadi@lemmy.horwood.cloud 5 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

I dont have a problem with donations, thats different from "you must pay me to use my thing". As donations is an opt in, I would do that. Paying to host my own content on my own server is taking the piss

[–] mrnngglry@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 hours ago

Purchasing is an opt in too. I use both but paid for a Plex lifetime pass almost 10 years ago. It was easier to set up remote access. Setting up a server was new to me at the time so anything I could find that made it easier was worth it. I also bought an unRAID lifetime pass for the same reason (among other reasons).