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> only to abort because whatever payment processor they use blanket-403 Tor If the only page blocked is the donation page, it's not that bad! Many supposedly t
by southerntofu 5y ago
> only to abort because whatever payment processor they use blanket-403 Tor
If the only page blocked is the donation page, it's not that bad! Many supposedly tech-friendly websites block Tor as soon as the homepage... But i share your sentiment. More than once, i've found a snail mail address for a project i cared about and arranged to send some cash in a letter along with a thank-you note. That has always triggered friendly interactions that Stripe/Paypal never provided as part of their offering :-)
On a side-note, i'm always glad when some NGO serves as a front for donations to smaller projects. Setting up a bank account with Stripe (or whatever) as a maintainer is a burden. But thanks to liberapay.com or opencollective.com making and receiving donations is much easier. Another one worth mentioning fdn2.org maintained by LaQuadrature, which also enables you to donate to April (FLOSS NGO), Framasoft (libre culture/software NGO), Wikileaks (no introductions necessary), Nos Oignons (Tor operators NGO) and Exodus privacy (static analyzing of trackers/malware in Android apps).
- smsm42 5y agoWorse than that, many would block any VPNs. Worse yet, they won't just say "we see you value your privacy, we hate folks like you, go away" - their site just starts spewing random errors or timing out. Eventually you'd guess "oh, they hate VPNs, that's why!" but it takes time and experience to learn.