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Default Donation

    £21.67 to No Starch Press
    £1.97 to Charities
    £15.76 to Humble

Extra to Charity

    £18.71 to No Starch Press
    £5.91 to Charities
    £14.77 to Humble

Custom Amount minimum you can give to Humble £11.82

I have zero interest in giving money to Humble. Would much prefer to just donate straight to EFF.

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Then donate directly to the EFF, ignoring Humble Bundle.

> Would much prefer to just donate straight to EFF.

Your response is either snark, in which case not useful, or a failure to read.

FWIW I have a recurring donation.

I don't understand your point either. We may have both failed, or you may have failed to communicate the significance of your preferences to us.

Reminding you that it's very simple to donate directly to the EFF seems like a rational response to someone who has the desire to donate to the EFF directly.

It seemed snarky to me to tell me to donate to EFF right after I had said that I would prefer to donate to EFF, like I didn't know it was possible do donate to a charity.

Humble Bundles are not the right way to support a charity -- they're the right way to support IGN. It used to be possible to minimize/remove the amount Humble got, but that time has long since passed. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

> Humble Bundles are not the right way to support a charity -- they're the right way to support IGN

There are actually people who buy the bundles to get the ebooks. If there are more than 2 or 3 ebooks in the bundle that they would have otherwise bought from the publisher or at retail then the bundle costs them less.

That the bundle also includes a small donation to a charity and several other books is just a bonus.

Sure, and I have no problem with people that just want a bundle of goods. But the charity angle is just disingenuous given how much Humble takes for itself.

Majority of charities are inefficiently managed. Don't believe me go look up 10 charities you know of and check their finance. Sometime for every 1 dollar you donate, 70-90cts are used to pay for their admin. Humble bundle offers values that hard to get by elsewhere. I have now always donate 50% to Humble Bundle and 50% to publisher. If I wish to donate to charities, I donate directly knowing exactly which charities I donated and how those money being used. Giving money to legit business are way better than charities in vast cases. Business is sustainable. Majority are audited and offer things/services we need/want. Charities....well they offer ONLY sympathy as their product trailed by lots of questionable administration costs.

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