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a_c on April 11, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Sponsor the open source projects you depend on

Came across this platform before that takes no commission and depend solely on donation.

https://en.liberapay.com/

The platform itself is also a project on the platform, where the donation happens

https://en.liberapay.com/Liberapay

zamalek on April 12, 2023 [–]

Lp is refreshingly absent of bullshit. It's a very simple website that does donations, and donations well.

GitHub sponsors isn't too bad, they take a 3% cut (and the CC takes another 3%). But you're effectively donating to Microsoft, which feels icky.

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