We're good, seriously! - Jellyfin ( opencollective.com )

possiblylinux127 , 3 months ago

Why don't they donate to related projects

hitmyspot , 3 months ago

If I donate to a project or charity, o would not be happy of my money went to another project I didn't agree with. Especially when bad things could happen our of their control. It is all risk, no benefit. Advising donators to donate where its needed is better than using their donated funds.

If they donated to a client for a niche device and it turned out there was code in it that gobbled up peoples data without consent it would backfire horribly.

possiblylinux127 , 3 months ago

True, maybe create a list of projects that need funding.

Appoxo , 3 months ago

Or just let the users decide for themselve?
They are grown up enough to install a program. They are probably old enough to just take their money elsewhere and as the Jellyfin team asked to, donate to some other Jellyfin 3rd party dev.

leetnewb , 3 months ago

The average person isn't going to delve into the nuance of open source project structure. If I wanted to support the jellyfin ecosystem, I would probably expect that donating to the jellyfin project is sufficient.

CrazyLikeGollum , 3 months ago

They mention in the post that they have a list of official clients you can choose to donate to.

So, if there’s a client you use every day and that you love, consider finding it’s author in our list of official clients, and sending them a little something instead (or too).

It would probably be helpful if they included a link to that list in the post, though it is just one click from the projects homepage, and made it clearer that the list does include at least some subset of third-party clients. Though it would also be reasonable to infer that from the quote.

RegalPotoo , 3 months ago

Taking donations for a specific purpose (developing jellyfin core) then spending it on something else (donations to other related projects) is something donors and tax authorities generally frown on

possiblylinux127 , 3 months ago

Maybe start a new fund then. They could get people to redirect there funds to projects in need of help. Think CoreJS and such.

voracitude , 3 months ago

And take time away from jellyfin to administer it? Nah, let people donate to the client they use makes the most sense. They have a list of clients they like, why isn't that enough?