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This is happening all over the industry, pretty much all companies just make use of open source software without giving a penny to the thousands of projects they leverage on a daily basis to make profit or even keep the lights on.

As someone who runs a small open source project that clearly states that Patreon donations are accepted and even offers some convenience benefits to donors, I often see people jumping extra hoops to avoid it, including clearly profitable companies that saved many thousands by using my software, spending extra time that would amount to more than those donations. So far I get donations from less than one percent of my estimated users.