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But, do you donate? https://archive.org/donate?origin=wbwww-TopNavDonateButton https://archive.org/donate?origin=wbwww-TopNavDonateButton (Couldn't find links

But, do you donate? https://archive.org/donate?origin=wbwww-TopNavDonateButton https://archive.org/donate?origin=wbwww-TopNavDonateButton (Couldn't find links for uBo and ytdl. I've asked gorhill where to donate in the past and they've refused donations.)

account42 4y ago
I donated before but then they spammed me with nag-mails asking for more donations. Not going to support that kind of behavior.
jchw 4y ago
Note that you cannot manage your recurring IA donation for any reason without manually contacting them. For this reason I have not moved my IA donation to my newer credit card nor increased my donation since it was set up. I do not know if this is a dark pattern or just an oddly limited system, but the only officially recommended solution is to use PayPal. So I'd recommend that. https://help.archive.org/help/how-do-i-update-or-change-my-recurring-gift-payment-information/ https://help.archive.org/help/how-do-i-update-or-change-my-r...
- tibbon 4y ago
  I've worked on several large recurring payments platforms. It isn't rocket science, but let me tell you it is generally a pain in the ass to to manage recurring payments - in most of the systems I've worked in its easiest to just cancel and start a new one. The schemas are generally awful and make a lot of assumptions in the worst of ways. I wouldn't be shocked if the IA just finds it easier to manage manually than put in the large amounts of money for a refactor. One org I was with it took a Staff engineer nearly two years to rework the very odd weekly recurring feature to make it something that would be later made into something you could edit (of note, it was entirely separate in logic than the monthly recurring...)
  - jchw 4y ago
    I've worked on several platforms with recurring billing, including a marketplace prior to Stripe Connect existing, so I get that it can be pretty challenging. That said: - IA doesn't even offer cancelling. That's... not a particularly technically challenging feature. I have a strong feeling that they in fact have a cancel button somewhere in their backend anyways. - While some of this can be annoying, it's kinda table stakes these days. If you can't handle basic subscription functionality, god help you for things like 3-D Secure.
- runjake 4y ago
  Thanks for that note. This is a non-starter for me.
stuartd 4y ago
From the uBlock repo: [0] > No donations sought. > Without the preset lists of filters, this extension is nothing. So if ever you really do want to contribute something, think about the people working hard to maintain the filter lists you are using, which were made available to use by all for free. [0] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock
- milderworkacc 4y ago
  I know it is gorhill that wrote that, but I completely disagree that uBO is nothing without the filter lists. I use it the way I used to use uMatrix (rip) to default deny bits and bobs across the web, unblocking as necessary. It’s everything that NoScript should be!
skykooler 4y ago
I don't donate directly, but I check the box to donate them a dollar every time I buy something with PayPal.
SleepilyLimping 4y ago
I refuse to donate to the Archive since the unpersoning of KiwiFarms.
- account42 4y ago
  Thanks, I wasn't aware of that. Another reason not to donate to IA.
- jbirer 4y ago
  The funniest part of Kiwifarms is that they look and act like the people they make fun of.
- birksherty 4y ago
  Could not find what happened, but if it's the forum known for enabling harassment, and if IA did something bad to this site owner, then I find no problem. Those kind of people deserve what they do to others.
doc_gunthrop 4y ago
A person who shops on amazon can shop using smile.amazon.com and have a percentage of their purchase payments go towards charities or other organizations. The Internet Archive is one of them.

account42 4y ago

I donated before but then they spammed me with nag-mails asking for more donations. Not going to support that kind of behavior.

jchw 4y ago

Note that you cannot manage your recurring IA donation for any reason without manually contacting them. For this reason I have not moved my IA donation to my newer credit card nor increased my donation since it was set up. I do not know if this is a dark pattern or just an oddly limited system, but the only officially recommended solution is to use PayPal. So I'd recommend that. https://help.archive.org/help/how-do-i-update-or-change-my-recurring-gift-payment-information/ https://help.archive.org/help/how-do-i-update-or-change-my-r...

tibbon 4y ago
I've worked on several large recurring payments platforms. It isn't rocket science, but let me tell you it is generally a pain in the ass to to manage recurring payments - in most of the systems I've worked in its easiest to just cancel and start a new one. The schemas are generally awful and make a lot of assumptions in the worst of ways. I wouldn't be shocked if the IA just finds it easier to manage manually than put in the large amounts of money for a refactor. One org I was with it took a Staff engineer nearly two years to rework the very odd weekly recurring feature to make it something that would be later made into something you could edit (of note, it was entirely separate in logic than the monthly recurring...)
- jchw 4y ago
  I've worked on several platforms with recurring billing, including a marketplace prior to Stripe Connect existing, so I get that it can be pretty challenging. That said: - IA doesn't even offer cancelling. That's... not a particularly technically challenging feature. I have a strong feeling that they in fact have a cancel button somewhere in their backend anyways. - While some of this can be annoying, it's kinda table stakes these days. If you can't handle basic subscription functionality, god help you for things like 3-D Secure.
runjake 4y ago
Thanks for that note. This is a non-starter for me.

stuartd 4y ago

From the uBlock repo: [0] > No donations sought. > Without the preset lists of filters, this extension is nothing. So if ever you really do want to contribute something, think about the people working hard to maintain the filter lists you are using, which were made available to use by all for free. [0] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock

milderworkacc 4y ago
I know it is gorhill that wrote that, but I completely disagree that uBO is nothing without the filter lists. I use it the way I used to use uMatrix (rip) to default deny bits and bobs across the web, unblocking as necessary. It’s everything that NoScript should be!

skykooler 4y ago

I don't donate directly, but I check the box to donate them a dollar every time I buy something with PayPal.

SleepilyLimping 4y ago

I refuse to donate to the Archive since the unpersoning of KiwiFarms.

account42 4y ago
Thanks, I wasn't aware of that. Another reason not to donate to IA.
jbirer 4y ago
The funniest part of Kiwifarms is that they look and act like the people they make fun of.
birksherty 4y ago
Could not find what happened, but if it's the forum known for enabling harassment, and if IA did something bad to this site owner, then I find no problem. Those kind of people deserve what they do to others.

doc_gunthrop 4y ago

A person who shops on amazon can shop using smile.amazon.com and have a percentage of their purchase payments go towards charities or other organizations. The Internet Archive is one of them.