After pressing the Donate button I'm able to donate to two sub projects.
But then on either one I can only chose a "monthly plan".
Guys, please don't do that! Just allow me to pop 20$ or 50$ to your project (which I love and sometimes use) but don't force me into a subscription like thing, which I really detest.
Maybe it's me and I was just too dumb to find the correct button. If somebody has a link to a one-time donation for the GIMP project please feel free to post a reply.
A $5 monthly donation will in 12 months' time turn into $60, so it's not a great mystery why they want the recurring income.
In addition, it's more stable. If you just get money once in a while, planning is harder. If you have so and so many subscribers, you can make better guesses on what your budget will be.
Sure, I understand that. Everybody and his dog wants you to subscribe and provide a steady income stream.
The problem is that a lot of people, not just me, will violently resist such a scheme even while they'd like to donate.
So you just forgo about every donation coming from somebody who is just hell bent not to enter an additional recurring obligation and I'd wager those are a lot.
So in the end (and unless they change that) you get nothing.
From a fundraising perspective this really doesn't make any sense.
After pressing the Donate button I'm able to donate to two sub projects.
But then on either one I can only chose a "monthly plan".
Guys, please don't do that! Just allow me to pop 20$ or 50$ to your project (which I love and sometimes use) but don't force me into a subscription like thing, which I really detest.
Maybe it's me and I was just too dumb to find the correct button. If somebody has a link to a one-time donation for the GIMP project please feel free to post a reply.