It’s such an amazingly great deal that I honestly think, who the F cares that they could have spent that money in a slightly more optimized way? Who cares that Jimmy Wales drives a BMW instead of a Volkswagen?
Who is the loser here? Do we really need to get this level of angry online because an already amazing situation isn’t perfect?
Wikipedia is the most widely read reference source on the planet. Wouldn't you rather it was stewarded by an organisation that was honest with the public?
There are other losers. This man, guilt-tripped into donating to Wikipedia when all he has is $18 to his name is a loser:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Fundraising/Archive_6#S...
Actually, that sounds wrong. He is a wonderful man, but one that really should not have been put in this invidious position.
What about her?
https://twitter.com/tizzie/status/1570095249044967424
There are other losers still. People in India and South Africa are scared into donating to Wikipedia by emails that raise the spectre of a subscription fee, or of Wikipedia blinking out of existence for lack of funds.
There are other charitable causes they could have donated to in their own country, rather than sending money to the US, money that might have saved lives in their own country, rather than added another treat to a US employee's benefits package.
Those are some of the "losers".
If Wikipedia didn't "guilt-trip" him into it I'm sure some Nigerian prince would have.