[zerobees]

I disagree, for two reasons. First, blogging is nearly-free for people who have non-demanding, well-paying jobs. Sure, I find it tacky when an engineer working at Google is asking for donations, but I accept that for some people, a small trickle of extra cash may be the difference between being able to blog or having to work two shifts.

Second, blogging is cheap if you're writing about what you had for lunch, but there are numerous personal blogs and websites that are obviously costly and time-consuming to run. For example, I'm sure that Ken Shirriff's blog costs him money. Similarly, if you wanted to recreate Marcin Wichary's blog, it would cost you tens of thousands in photo gear and travel costs.

> I'm so tired of rampant capitalization and constant advertisements. That's why I'm here on the indie web, to get away from all of that, and now you are here, begging me for my money.

And that just comes across as entitled. The indie web doesn't owe the author anything, and it especially doesn't owe him the adherence to his views on capitalism.