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by kerkeslager 2152 days ago
Well, there are 55 donors on Patreon donating $332/mo. That's not nothing. The deception doesn't have to be intentional to be harmful.
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I am really struggling with this attitude. Why in gods name would people donate if it didn’t help them?

It’s reading. You know if it helps you or not because suddenly the words stop swimming around.

> Why in gods name would people donate if it didn’t help them?

Because they think it helps other people?

$332/mo of "can disappear at any time" donations aren't much at all.

There are WAY easier ways to do scams earning much more with much less effort.

Plus even if it does not reliably help dyslexic people, if it helps or is liked by the people who donate it's not a scam at all, even if the since behind it turns out to be incorrect.