On: Sponsor the open source projects you depend on

[pbhjpbhj]

They could break out the transactions explicitly. That would help reduce the feeling that they're taking more than their share, if they're not doing that.

[nicbou → pbhjpbhj]

They could also sing a song, do a little dance and tweet a word of praise for your generosity.

At some point the dance isn't worth the peanut.

[coldtea → nicbou]

Well, if they're there to secure a good chunk of peanuts for themselves, for being the intermediator, many would find this shady and wont want to deal with them.

Sorry, someone donating $10,000 to their favorite FOSS doesn't want an intermediator to take in $500 just for making the transaction.

Even more so when the actual transaction infrastructure is not going to be their's anyway, but some banks or Stripe or whatever.

[robertlagrant → coldtea]

> Sorry, someone donating $10,000 to their favorite FOSS doesn't want an intermediator to take in $500 just for making the transaction.

This phrasing is just inappropriate, and the situation you cite is an extreme.

> many would find this shady and wont want to deal with them

What's the point of armchair prognostication? We'll find out, and their pricing isn't fixed in stone?