• demizerone@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Aw that sucks. I sent in $20, was going to do it yearly. We need to pay for software people! Yes even on Linux!

  • x00z@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    It was way too aggressive. ArcMenu simply shows a Gnome notification that you can click away where they tell you that it has been updated and that you can donate. It doesn’t need to be more than that.

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      1 month ago

      I’m not a user of this software, but reading the ticket I know I’d be annoyed too. I was when Windows 11 changed task bar behavior to worse.

      • It dumped and animated icon in my panel in the primary position where my most used launcher normally is
      • There was no clear way to remove this intrusion into my workflow - the context menu item of “Donation options” was not something that appeared to give me that option

      From that, seems like it was a disruptive donation button rather than an informational side thing.

      They opened the ticket with thanks and appreciation, and made respectful factual arguments. Far from “whining incessantly”.

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        1 month ago

        100 % agree. I don’t mind developers asking for donations, but this seemed too intrusive. Especially with the 20-second timeout to dismiss it. The developer also seemed to have a bit of an attitude in their response.

  • kbal@fedia.io
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    1 month ago

    Good luck GNOME users! If Xfce ever added a donation button I would not be donating again.

  • einkorn@feddit.org
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    1 month ago

    Oh shit, I didn’t notice there was one going on and oh shit² that they are quitting.