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This is your yearly reminder to donate to (if you can) your favorite open source project (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by White_Flight@lemmy.world to c/piracy@lemmy.ml

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[-] FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Also, consider The Electronic Frontier Foundation, Wikipedia, and The Internet Archive

[-] GravitySpoiled@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Wikipedia shall get their money from google and other big companies that use the database. There are many more projects that can use money much better

[-] gim@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago

Good to know. I was thinking of donating but I’ll give to the internet archive instead.

[-] FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Nothing wrong with donating to Wiki but donating to Internet Archive would be better IMO: They need it more.

[-] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm skeptical of Wikipedia's genuine need for money after reading this.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Guy_Macon/Wikipedia_has_Cancer

I trust Archive.org a lot more.

[-] FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Damn, that's pretty wild!

[-] alex@jlai.lu 4 points 1 year ago

I'd recommend donating to your national Wikimedia chapter if you aren't in the US. They're not funded by megacorps and they often struggle financially, and they're the ones doing a lot of work on the ground.