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That same argument extends to the users of Homebrew who are overflowing with cash from startup get-rich moments: please consider funding (if you have $1/mo or more to spare) the Homebrew patreon, which currently lists a total of 285 paying users out of the million developers that depend on it to earn a paycheck every month.

https://www.patreon.com/homebrew

(I do not participate in Homebrew other than as a user.)

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I've been using homebrew for years and have never heard of this. Maybe the reason there's only 285 patrons is that the patreon page has not been promoted in any way that I can remember?

Can’t say I blame them for not promoting it through the only way any current user would see it: inside the brew command line tool. I can see the angry commenters now:

“How dare they inject advertising into a critical command line tool that I use to get paid money!”

“It’s inexcusable to promote your own financial success when someone types brew upgrade”

“No doubt they’re blowing the money on burrito delivery in SOMA”

“I’ve been a $1 Patreon since they launched three months ago and they haven’t implemented my favorite wishlist feature!”

“If they can’t do it for free, they should give up and shut down and let someone fork it.”

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