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It’s a free service with no advertising and people don’t like that it asked them for money a few weeks out of the year.

If they listen to the radio NPR pledge drives must irritate them to the point of flames coming out their ears.

Or if they read free newspapers like the guardian online they must loath it as much as Wikipedia, or more because it doesn’t just do ask a few weeks out of the year.

No one is forced to use Wikipedia. If Being occasionally asked to chip in is too much to bear then don’t use it.

I’ll confess I’m not totally enthused by the way they frame it, but I’ve used it for decades so I have donated one time. I mean it’s free and useful and I’d feel cheap if I use something for decades and never chip in

>>mint2+(OP)
Just to add one more point of context, nearly every commercial service does a ton of advocating and donating to causes that is not related to their core business.

I have no choice but to provide some Cell phone and internet providers money to do those things because paying them is necessarily to function in society.