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On 5/15/2016 9:06 AM, neandr wrote:<br>
<blockquote cite="mid:57389E8B.80009@gmx.de" type="cite">And -- not
<i>Dying virtuously --</i> I would place the donation reminder at
*all* those places.</blockquote>
<br>
Anyone who thinks about it agrees with you. Yet I still warn people
that we will get flak for aggressive donations campaigns, because it
will be much easier to deal with the flak and remain proud of our
work when it is anticipated.<br>
<br>
Non-intrusive donation links at selected locations are not going to
generate flak. It is when the donation campaign is more aggressive,
potentially even interrupting someone's workflow depending on the
design, that the real complaints will begin. In an ideal world we
would never need to do that, but in an ideal world we would have
figured out ways to fund ourselves that do not intrude.<br>
<br>
Firefox is a rare exception of being able to self-fund indirectly
through the very lucrative search business without seeming to
intrude. I have no brilliant ideas on a similarly lucrative scheme
that will work with Thunderbird, not does anyone else that I know
of.<br>
<br>
Thanks for supporting the still-future intrusive fundraising
campaign!<br>
<br>
:rkent<br>
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