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[-] eskuero@lemmy.fromshado.ws 2 points 1 week ago

that's embarrassing one thing is to patch it to make it work on your system but to remove the donation buttons entirely...

[-] john89@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Not really. I'm glad they removed the button.

It's clear for anyone who wasn't born yesterday that the "issues" the bottles team seem to have all revolve around maintaining their control over what should be free software. The "we can't keep up with bug reports" is a talking point for those who don't know any better. It's a distraction.

They don't want people repackaging their software because their donation buttons might get removed, for example.

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