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The original was posted on /r/ProgrammerHumor by /u/derjanni on 2023-11-01 16:42:47.
In my heart I want to donate, but my wallet demands discipline.
Also the key distinction is that there isn’t a penalty to not donating. In my experience, when there is an open source project with a following and the dev posts about funding troubles the community responds pretty positively. See recent post from Octoprint.