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I just donated $10 to Signal. Here's how to do so on iPhone in less than a minute:

1. Open Signal and click on your user icon in the upper left.

2. Go to "Settings" --> "Donate to Signal".

3. Click "Donate", select your donation options, and pay with Apple Pay.

>>akpras+(OP)
Does this entail a 30% cut to Apple/Google?

>>akpras+(OP)
I’ve got a recurring donation of $5/mo I set up ages ago

>>olejor+83
https://support.signal.org/hc/en-us/articles/360031949872-Do...

Easy google , but no it doesn't

>>akpras+(OP)
Also a reminder, your work might have a donation matching system. All the major tech companies do, so you can really boost your effect.

>>mplanc+t3
> I’ve got a recurring donation of $5/mo I set up ages ago

Thanks for that, I did a one off 300 euro donation back in '21 during the bubble market; Meredith has been doing the rounds [0] and she hits on lots of good points, and even went to the UK over their now failed bill during the Summer.

0: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykfABSBeAVo

>>akpras+(OP)
I guess maybe I'm missing the purported point of signal, attaching your phone number to use it notwithstanding, but attaching payment identity to it as well? Like, what's the point of going through the pain required to use it?

>>nurple+8p
Signal is not for anonymity.

It's for security.

>>nurple+8p
It is not meant as a anonymous messager, but an encrypted one, you can trust to not sell you out.

>>nurple+8p
> I guess maybe I'm missing the purported point of signal, attaching your phone number to use it notwithstanding, but attaching payment identity to it as well? Like, what's the point of going through the pain required to use it?

Your payment info is not connected to your account.

https://support.signal.org/hc/en-us/articles/360031949872-Do...

>>akpras+(OP)
There doesn't seem to be a way to pay annually, which I'd prefer to a monthly payment. £5/month is just a little high, but I'd merrily pay half that or £30/year.

>>mplanc+t3
Me too! Set it up once and forget. I love their work and Unlike any other charity/nonprofit that I've donated to, they never bother me any further.

>>akpras+(OP)
I had an old Apple Store & iTunes gift card laying around so I redeemed it and attempted to use it to donate via Apple Pay, but get "Apple Account - Not enabled for in app payments". Google isn't very helpful about exactly why. Am I missing some KYC somewhere or are payments of this type prohibited from "Apple Account" balances?

>>akpras+(OP)
So you donated to Apple too in the process?

>>akpras+(OP)
Thanks, I just setup a $5 a month donation.

Love what signal's doing for the world.

>>akpras+(OP)
Thanks for the suggestion; I just signed up for the $5/month plan. I have been using Signal for years, but never considered donating anything before.

>>olejor+83
Does it matter. 70% of something is better than 100% of nothing.

>>nurple+8p
Most people using Signal - and particularly most people likely to donate - are not using it to hide their identities, but to decrease the chance of unknown parties reading their conversations. My Signal account has my full name on it, and checking my top contacts, most of them do too (some only have their first name).

>>smolye+SW
Because this isn't the only one way to donate, and if it were subject to the 30% cut, most people would want to know they could spend a couple extra hours steps for 30% additional impact on their donation.

Very few people are going "No apple pay? No donation."

>>smolye+SW
Of course it does, if there would be both 70% and 100% options to donate.

>>akpras+(OP)
:thumbs_up

>>mplanc+t3
Me too

>>hgomer+dB
If you really need a lower tier, you can switch currencies to JPY, there's a monthly option for 500JPY which is about 2.67GBP.

>>squeak+061
> if it were subject to the 30% cut, most people would want to know they could spend a couple extra hours steps for 30% additional impact on their donation.

43% additional impact.

>>chimer+su
The suggestion here is to use your iPhone to pay through Apple Pay.

Does Apple have any records connecting your recurring Apple Pay payment to your iPhone's phone number?

>>Krasno+Is
For some anonymity is security. Better to say it’s for message confidentiality.

>>olejor+83
Not on apple, at least

https://developer.apple.com/apple-pay/nonprofits/

>>hutzli+6t
What is the basis of that trust?

>>hgomer+dB
There are two forms at https://signal.org/donate/, the second one lets you set a yearly donation at a custom amount (and both forms a monthly donation at a custom amount).

>>thauma+Fx1
If you want to avoid that you can also donate through https://signal.org/donate/.

>>ameliu+2m2
Open source client AND open source server. And a quite transparent non profit running it.

But personally I actually would prefer a federated alternative like matrix.