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by eurg 1987 days ago
Now this is unexpected, and amazing.

This is one of the most frictionless donation buttons ever. I love it.

Patreon, Paypal, SEPA transfer, all those are a hassle, comparatively.

This donation thing used by Signal works exactly as it should be. Enter numbers, hit enter, done. No "please cookie us", no 20 times transfer to other domains, no account creation, and they also don't require stuff like MasterCard 3D secure (which IMNSHO really is useless for donations).

Zero hassle, 100% great, and with a nice UX.

2 comments

Looks like the donations are powered by Donorbox.org.
And the actual card details are collected by Stripe - looks like an iframe inside an iframe.
I wonder how much shower time moves in that iframed iframe.
Probably about 1/6. That would explain how I take one for 5 minutes and yet somehow half an hour has passed when I get out.
Yes, wow! As a Canadian I really appreciate the ability to donate in my own currency.