Why do we ask for donations so often? Because it’s important! As KDE becomes more successful and an increasing number of people use our software, our costs grow as well: Web and server hostin…
    • orsetto@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      2 months ago

      Not an ad. No one is trying to sell you anything.

      (If you get the notification) you’re already using their product.

      • conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works
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        2 months ago

        Yes, it is an ad. Any call to action is an ad.

        And its mere presence will ensure I don’t give them any more money. The core concept of inserting any ad in an OS is not behavior I am willing to reward.

        • orsetto@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          2 months ago

          Ads try to sell you something, there is no “call to action”. Here, there is nothing to sell, so by definition it’s not an ad.

          They are just asking you if you’d like to help them in providing you the product you’re already using.

        • Cris16228@lemmy.today
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          2 months ago

          So, asking you to VOLUNTARILY donate IF YOU WANT to with a pop-up you can simply ignore and/or disable is advertising? I don’t understand… I mean, they give you a product for free, full of good features and updated regularly, and the moment they ask you to donate, again, IF YOU WANT to, it’s considered advertising…

          You’re so sad, dude.

          • conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works
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            2 months ago

            Yes. It is literally impossible for an organization asking for money not to be an ad.

            And yes, showing me a single ad once means I never give them money again. I am not OK with ads.