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by shiroiushi 592 days ago
Exactly. Look at Wikipedia for a counter-example, showing how to do things right. Sure, Wikipedia is frequently asking for donations, but in reality they have a large endowment and can go without new funding for ages, though they'd have to cut back on the unimportant stuff.

Mozilla could have done the same thing if they had a little foresight and didn't just assume the piles of cash would keep flowing in forever.

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> but in reality they have a large endowment and can go without new funding for ages, though they'd have to cut back on the unimportant stuff.

And that is why I'm very annoyed by the fact that every year the donation begging is more in my face. Bigger, louder, harder to block.

Since they don't need the money that bad, why not keep it to a small banner and respect the users FFS.