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323 points plusCubed | 3 comments | 21 Dec 18 17:48 UTC | HN request time: 0.62s | source

1. lmcarreiro ◴[21 Dec 18 19:51 UTC] No.18736024[source]▶

People could do something similar for open source projects: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18736006

2. davidgerard ◴[21 Dec 18 19:52 UTC] No.18736038[source]▶

tip4commit tried it in 2014, and it didn't go down so well: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8542969

3. davefp ◴[21 Dec 18 20:35 UTC] No.18736397[source]▶

Tidelift is the latest attempt at this: https://tidelift.com/

They don't adequately explain what happens if a project has no 'lifters' and it sounds like it could have the same problems as Brave.

Brave taking cryptocurrency donations “for me” without my consent