this post was submitted on 04 Jul 2023
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I’m not sure if it matters if the software is open source and if politics do not interfere with the development of the software.

Generally I tend to agree.

However - the devs are asking for donations - and the Lemmy code contains links to their donation page (https://join-lemmy.org/donate), so every Lemmy instance admin (tankie or not) is unwittingly advertising and promoting links to their donation page.

If you're donating, it's probably nice to know who is receiving your money.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

If you're worried about where your money is going you can use Open Collective to donate, which provides transparency of where and how funds are used.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Thing is you can just donate to your local instance instead

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Well, this was in regards to the Devs of the actual Lemmy backend.