That isn’t a donation.

Also, $donator is making, as far as I know, zero demands. These people would be competing if they had to pay. Actually, most of them do have to pay.

Your analogy is comparing apples-to-sqrt(-1)

If there are stipulations for receiving the money then it is a demand.

If you think the above example isn’t a donation then I don’t see the logic behind seeing this as a donation.

And to be clear, I view it as a donation that is still probably net good, but it’s not a selfless donation. The timeline as well also means it can be clawed back at some point in time.

I’d probably rate it a 2/10 for “goodness” where anything greater than 0 is still good.