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> The Floorp project is a much newer entrant.... According to its donations page, donors who contribute at the $100 level may submit ads to feature in the new tab page

So if I get it right, people can 'donate' money to floorp project in exchange for service (advertisement).

Like when I go to the grocery shop and I make a donation, in exchange I get back home with a pack of beer.

I didn't know I was donating so much, my dumb ass thought I was just buying stuff. Got to put that on my Tax sheet.

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Yeah "donations" is not the right word, it's more like "sponsorship"... It does work though, I haven't heard of CubeSoft before I used Floorp and I have one of its PDF tools installed now. This is how advertising should work, not the tracking ads Mozilla (and idc if they're trying to make it "privacy-preserving" or the data aggregated, it's still tracking), Google, and co. want

I take your point, but it is worth noting that gifts, services, and goods are often exchanged for money and termed "donations" when the dollar amount greatly exceeds what one would normally pay, with the understanding that the proceeds go to a certain cause/group/organization.

$100 for an ad generally seems like a steal of a deal. If anything it's underpaying

> I didn't know I was donating so much, my dumb ass thought I was just buying stuff. Got to put that on my Tax sheet.

It’s not tax deductible, though (and even if you didn’t get anything in return, I don’t think Floorp is a registred charity anyway).

It was a joke, i know it's not deductible :)

Made me realize I never deduced all the open source project i gave to tho.

A more insidious aspect of grocery shoppings is that companies can pay for better placement on the store shelves & floor.

can donate* for better placement

Sounds like a good way to increase donations to shareholders.

Our local grocery duopoly (Australia) not only charge for placement, but are now demanding that suppliers pay for transport between the supermarkets central and regional distribution warehouses, but will only take delivery centrally.

That's on top of some products (eg bread) being actually stocked on the shelves by the supplier.

Basically supermarkets are just local distribution warehouses with everything else either paid for by the supplier or the purchaser (eg shelf picking/checkout).

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