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This got me thinking, if you're giving $50 to Zig on patreon and they are receiving less than $50 (because fees), and Zig is giving $150 to musl on (whatever fu
by craftyguy 7y ago
This got me thinking, if you're giving $50 to Zig on patreon and they are receiving less than $50 (because fees), and Zig is giving $150 to musl on (whatever funding site) and musl is receiving less than $150 (because fees), why not give your $50 to musl instead? Giving to projects which turn around and give it elsewhere seems wasteful, unless your goal is to also fund sites like patreon.
- ryanworl 7y agoI've been donating to Zig since long before this announcement. Andrew is free to do what he wishes with the money.
- craftyguy 7y agoYou somehow completely missed the point.
- dang 7y agoIf you keep breaking the site guidelines we're going to have to ban you. I don't want to do that. Would you mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and just using HN as intended? The idea is to post thoughtful, substantive, respectful comments, or no comments.
- gibolt 7y agoJust like a busy restaurant drives more traffic, seeing a larger dollar amount or more patrons may encourage further donations. Patreon also has decent message distribution channels and makes subscriptions easy for both sides.