[namanyayg]

They should say that then, I'm not sure how a simple app like this could cost more than a few dollars per month on hosting.

PWAs are offline first and there's one database with the number of opens.

I'm not saying that they don't deserve money, but should they ask disingenuously?

[stackola]

> one database

You mean one field in local storage [1]

Using github pages or similar, this could be completely free to run.

[1] https://imgur.com/JKSo6lP.png

[epse]

Domains aren't free and neither is time, so a simple ask for a donation is never a big issue. You can always make it yourself if you don't want to pay

[namanyayg]

Donations are never an issue, I had a donation link on my blog for years.

I didn't ever say that it was to "cover server costs" because even years ago I barely paid pennies a day for hosting.

[namanyayg]

Hilarious. "Server cost" donations make sense for large free forums but this is just static files. Sigh

[lazerwalker]

What I'm hearing is if they replaced "for server costs" with "for costs", people would be fine.

[amelius]

Any website asking for a donation should:

1. publish an overview of donations annually,

2. justify roughly what costs were covered with the donations.

If websites don't do this, then I'm not donating.