I tried getting donations on my GitHub repos (this was before Sponsors was announced). I got just one sponsor for about $1/month, which got cancelled after some

I tried getting donations on my GitHub repos (this was before Sponsors was announced). I got just one sponsor for about $1/month, which got cancelled after some months due to payment gateway changes. In hindsight, I didn't do a good job of asking for donation and my repos were on programming tutorials rather than open source software. This pushed me towards adapting my tutorials to ebooks and self publishing. I promoted the books as pay-what-you-want for a few days after completing each book. This method of donation worked much better for me [0] I feel free software could also adapt similar approach during installation/download in addition to setting up Sponsors. [0] https://learnbyexample.github.io/my-book-writing-experience/ https://learnbyexample.github.io/my-book-writing-experience/