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I guess I'll take the opposing stance. I'm torn by this. On the one hand, I see the need for the fundraising, and the points made in TFA about effectiveness a

I guess I'll take the opposing stance. I'm torn by this. On the one hand, I see the need for the fundraising, and the points made in TFA about effectiveness are valid. This seems like a good move for KDE. But, I worry this sets a terrible precedent in the Linux space. I hate ads, with a passion. I pay for premium versions of stuff (though usually not subscriptions) for an ad-free experience. Once we open the door and say that this type of thing is ok, I worry it's going to start showing up in other FOSS apps. Yes we can patch it out, but I don't want to have to go around patching all the tools to remove their popups! I'm probably worrying about nothing, but since nobody else articulated this concern I figured I would.

Cordiali 2y ago
One ad per tool? Yeah, that'd get annoying. But KDE is more than one tool, there's at least half a dozen KDE programs that I like and use, like Yakuake, Kate, KDE Connect, etc. So at least in that sense, the ad-to-tool ratio is alright for me. But I'm from a subset of people, who didn't just immediately close the ad in mIRC, without booping his nose a few times.
wilsonnb3 2y ago
It isn't an ad, though, it's just a donation request.
- olyjohn 2y ago
  It's still a pop up that comes up trying to get you to give them money. It's nice when one app asks you for a simple donation. But then when everybody starts doing this, you are constantly dismissing dialogs, and getting interrupted on your own computer. I only get ToS updates once a year from some of my subscriptions / accounts. Somehow my inbox is full of ToS updates constantly.
BizarroLand 2y ago
It would be nice if there was a way to disable it permanently. Like, make a 1 time donation of $5 USD and get a code to permanently disable it on 1 install or something if you so desire.
- mac-attack 2y ago
  Never hurts to read the article first: "It’s small and unobtrusive, and no matter what you do with it (click any button, close it, etc) it’ll go away until next year. It’s implemented as a KDE Daemon (KDED) module, which allows users and distributors to permanently disable it if they like. You can also disable just the popup on System Settings’ Notifications page, accessible from the configure button in the notification’s header."

Cordiali 2y ago

One ad per tool? Yeah, that'd get annoying. But KDE is more than one tool, there's at least half a dozen KDE programs that I like and use, like Yakuake, Kate, KDE Connect, etc. So at least in that sense, the ad-to-tool ratio is alright for me. But I'm from a subset of people, who didn't just immediately close the ad in mIRC, without booping his nose a few times.

wilsonnb3 2y ago

It isn't an ad, though, it's just a donation request.

olyjohn 2y ago
It's still a pop up that comes up trying to get you to give them money. It's nice when one app asks you for a simple donation. But then when everybody starts doing this, you are constantly dismissing dialogs, and getting interrupted on your own computer. I only get ToS updates once a year from some of my subscriptions / accounts. Somehow my inbox is full of ToS updates constantly.

BizarroLand 2y ago

It would be nice if there was a way to disable it permanently. Like, make a 1 time donation of $5 USD and get a code to permanently disable it on 1 install or something if you so desire.

mac-attack 2y ago
Never hurts to read the article first: "It’s small and unobtrusive, and no matter what you do with it (click any button, close it, etc) it’ll go away until next year. It’s implemented as a KDE Daemon (KDED) module, which allows users and distributors to permanently disable it if they like. You can also disable just the popup on System Settings’ Notifications page, accessible from the configure button in the notification’s header."