[shafyy]

I also started donating €10/month. I figured that I pay a lot more for other services that I use far less often and provide me far less value, so why not pay for this. Also got me to think about this topic a bit more and write this blog post: https://canolcer.com/post/pay-for-internet-stuff/

[pbasista]

> I pay a lot more for other services that I use far less often and provide me far less value, so why not pay for this

Is that the only reason why you would like to pay for this service?

It seems irrational to me to justify an expense merely by the existence of other expenses.

[shafyy]

The rationality is: I get a lot of value, so it's worth my money.

I just compare it to other services I pay for that have no free option (e.g. Netflix) but provide less value, so it's a reason for me to pay for Signal because I want them to keep existing and improve the product. Is that irrational?

[imwillofficial]

Hate to break it to you, people are not rational.

Did you read the blog post? Not reading it… Seems irrational.