>I don't see people say similar things when authors display "sponsor my work on OpenCollective/Github Sponsors" through messages on npm install and the like. P

>I don't see people say similar things when authors display "sponsor my work on OpenCollective/Github Sponsors" through messages on npm install and the like. People did say similar things about that. It was a big shitshow. https://www.zdnet.com/article/npm-bans-terminal-ads/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/npm-bans-terminal-ads/ And even if you don't count donation requests as ads, the article mentions those too: >The upcoming change will allow developers to silence any type of non-error terminal messages, such as ads, or calls for donations -- an issue many times more widespread[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] than Funding's ads ever were. Those are all links to people complaining about donation requests.