The donation pop-up has been explained in various places, such as here: https://pointieststick.com/2024/08/28/asking-for-donations-i...

I get not liking it (even if it happens only once a year), but saying that the only reason is "greed" is not only reductive but incorrect in my opinion. The idea that KDE has an income source separate from large corps and vendors but regular users, for instance, makes a lot of sense to me. (And the negative blog post you cite clearly involves some not-totally-public drama; I would be very hesitant to judge a project based off something like that, especially since other people have contradicted that person's view elsewhere.)

I can't say I understand a lot of your other points (what does "Software should not be about putting pressure on people - it should be about enabling people" mean, and how does KDE put pressure on people?). And what do bad GTK docs have to do with KDE?

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wolvoleo 4 days ago | parent | next [-]

I don't like the donation popup because i already have a monthly donation running. They should provide donors with a code to turn this stuff off :(

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sho_hn 4 days ago | parent | next [-]

First of all, thank you so much for your donations.

To turn off the popup, head to System Settings -> Notifications, search for "Donation Request" and turn it off.

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wolvoleo 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

Ahhh thanks!

I should have looked for it myself but every time it happened I was busy doing something else and then I forgot (yay ADHD).

And thanks to you for making KDE. I really don't like this time where computers are becoming more locked-in and opinionated (e.g. I can't configure it the way I want). KDE is a breath of fresh air. I have extensively reconfigured it and I haven't even needed to use a single plugin. So I've donated for years now because I really appreciate the work.

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neobrain 4 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Even more specifically, the full menu chain is System Settings -> Notifications -> Application Settings, which then includes a search bar where you can enter "Donation" or "Request for Donation". (Mentioning it since entering that term in the main search bar doesn't bring up any results)

	▲	wolvoleo 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		Yes thank you that helped!

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tapoxi 4 days ago | parent | prev [-]

You don't need a code, there's a checkbox.

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MegaDeKay 4 days ago | parent | prev [-]

I personally like the popup. At once a year it is far from intrusive and it gave me the nudge I needed to finally contribute to them this year. KDE is great and deserved my support.