There were some posts over the holiday season asking for projects to donate to, and for those who have the means to comfortably do so, this is an important gift to consider.

If there’s only a limited amount each of us is able to give, I assume there’s no point giving it all to, for one example, The Linux Foundation, because a small personal donation is trivial next to the ~$15,000,000 USD they receive from sponsors dependent on them[1]. I understand that funding sources can be a major and profound source of bias[2] and ideally we would be, for example, helping to make Firefox independent of Google, but until we have more collective power, it’s not worth letting smaller important projects struggle instead.

So, which important projects should we leave to the sponsors, and which really need our support?

    • paradox2011@lemmy.ml
      30·
      2 days ago

      I do see a mention in that post about instead supporting the jellyfin client developers. They give this page as a reference for who to support based on which client you use.

    • Anivia@feddit.org
      45·
      1 day ago

      Reading the first lines I was gonna say just cause their operating costs are covered doesn’t mean they should refuse more donations, because they could use the money to hire people to fix their garbage software.

      But they cleared that up further down where they suggest donating to Jellyfin clients instead, which are indeed the biggest problem at the moment.

      Hopefully it will one day become a viable Plex alternative for people that are sharing their server with “normie” users, and not just users that are technologically inclined and willing to use external Android TV boxes instead of hoping their SmartTV has a Jellyfin client available for it that isn’t hot garbage

        • beastlykings@sh.itjust.works
          2·
          1 day ago

          Do you not have a TV? I’ve watched stuff on my monitor, sure, but sitting on the couch watching TV is what the vast majority of people do.

          Unless you mean connecting your computer to your TV? I did this for awhile, there are ways to make it work, but I much prefer using a Chromecast or similar device to simplify the whole interaction.

          • taiidan@slrpnk.net
            2·
            12 hours ago

            I have a low power nuc that I use to watch TV. All streaming services + KODI or whatever. I don’t know why I would use some proprietary dongle. I prefer FOSS.

            • beastlykings@sh.itjust.works
              1·
              12 hours ago

              That’s cool. Is there an option for “casting” type software to emulate a Chromecast? I like choosing stuff on my phone and sending it to the TV

              • Magiilaro@feddit.org
                1·
                11 hours ago

                Unfortunately not, or at least I was not able to find anything that would be fully Chromecast compatible receiver implementation. The Chromecast protocol is closed source and has encrypted communication. A few hacks exist but nothing that would be easy usable or anywhere stable.