> I'm assuming you don't have the answers, I certainly don't. Yeah you do: this is all in their financial reports. You can see exactly what it costs and what i

> I'm assuming you don't have the answers, I certainly don't. Yeah you do: this is all in their financial reports. You can see exactly what it costs and what is needed. (Presumably that's what everyone reads before deciding to believe a random cry for money in an online banner ad.) The costs for servers (with developers/admins that maintain them) are a tiny tiny fraction of the income. I'm fully in favor of also funding further development instead of only maintenance, but just look at the kind of things that more than half of the money goes to. I last looked at this 2-3 years ago but simply from the fact that they're still collecting even more money annually than they already did 3 years ago (and the banners are more obnoxious if nothing else), they apparently have decided to do the opposite of starting to spend more appropriate and sustainable amounts.