@comma@midwest.social This is an extremely thorough answer directly to your question. It even has the same xkcd comic in the conclusion!

My opinion: We really need to be supporting this stuff with tax money. Meantime give money to orgs that advocate for related causes to benefit all or distribute grants. EFF, FSF, Right 2 Repair, public and specialty libraries.

Cool blog post, thanks for sharing.

There are a few nitpicks in my opinion (e.g. the uBlock Origin page hints to donate to list maintainers or at least that’s the message I got, K-9 Mail has a relationship with Thunderbird Mail and so I believe donations are possible, I think rule 4 is too strict by disallowing any project where cryptocurrency donations are an option because despite its issues the main ones are legitimate ways of donating to projects without giving personal data to other corporations like PayPal/Stripe/etc.) so I would use this blog as a useful exploration rather than an ultimate who-to-donate-to guide.

I’m glad they didn’t just stop at the number and went on to explore scale and that being able to donate an impactful amount for more than a few tools is a privilege. While I disagree that UBI is a realistic solution (it’s a reformist coping mechanism) or that taxes are likely to go towards this kind of critical infrastructure, it’s great to see the discussion was brought up and integrated, alongside critique of so-called philanthropy.

Also, I’ve never seen the yin-yang symbol used as a light/dark mode button, I really like that.

This is an interesting approach that needs wide exposure.