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		david_allison on April 3, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Reflections on Distrusting xz > suddenly gets offered three figure sums to add a few lines of "affiliate stuff" or such Back of the envelope calculation: you're looking at 2 orders of magnitude more money from "affiliate stuff" than you would be from generous user donations

berkes on April 3, 2024 [–]

Well, yes. But it's also something you can do once. When (not if) it comes out, all credibility is lost.

Whereas donations, regardless of how puny, are recurring and potentially forever.

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