The last two sentences seem to contradict each other: You don't want to jump through hoops but try to track down authors to send them money on a sidechannel? I

The last two sentences seem to contradict each other: You don't want to jump through hoops but try to track down authors to send them money on a sidechannel? In general I'm with you though (Germany, mostly on Linux as well) and I try to do something similar whenever possible.