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Discussion on: When is it appropriate to ask for donations?

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Steve Antonucci • Edited

IMHO as the "beneficiary" of several open source or free-to-use products, I find that I'm okay with the donation button appearing once there is something usable. If the product meets its use-cases and improves my quality of life I usually circle back and click that button.

On software code products specifically (libraries, apis, etc.); most developers seem to ask for donations that cost about the same as or less than a single beer at your local pub, which I find more than reasonable. So bottoms up to those awesome developers out there making life easier for their fellow developers! 😎🍺