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[–] 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I'm a fan of acrescent but something about nearly $6000 in monthly costs doesn't smell right.

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    They need $5800/month in recurring donations to fund a full time developer to be working on Accrescent, implementing new features, creating new tooling, etc. The blog post clearly says this.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Yeah thanks I can read. It is not clear at all.

    An example is that it says "to fund full-time development", and you've assumed thats a "full-time developer."

    What are we talking here - is it a salary for someone? Overheads? Marketing? Hosting etc? What will donations give us? Is there a roadmap? If anything, the store needs more apps. A slick new frontend is pretty far down my list of wants.

    And before you come back with another spikey comment remember that I'm saying this as a fan of Acrescent. I'm not suggesting there's anything nefarious going on. If they are were asking VC's for cash this is the information they'd be expected to provide.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (12 children)
    1. Develop a privacy-friendly app store.
    2. Only accept donations through Microsoft.
    3. wHy IsNt AnYoNe dOnAtInG?
    4. Fail.
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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago* (10 children)

    Our income comes from two primary sources: 1) recurring and one-time GitHub Sponsors donations and 2) cryptocurrency donations.

    https://accrescent.app/donate

    1. Don't read the article
    2. Be completely wrong
    3. Look like an ass when someone calls you out
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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (9 children)

    I did read the article. Crypto is just not even worth mentioning.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (8 children)

    Your whole point is that a privacy focused app store should provide privacy focused donation methods.... which crypto is....

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  • [–] -2 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    Its also rife with scams and incredibly volatile.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    Sure, but again to your point, it's a privacy friendly way to donate.

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  • [–] -3 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    There are lots of other private ways to donate that don't involve scams.

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  • [–] [S] 0 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    What would you use instead? PayPal? Which was literally founded by fascist Elon Musk and democracy-hating Peter Thiel?

    Anything that involves banks? Literally centralized financial institution that are subject to extensive KYC/AML regulation?

    GitHub Sponsors at least doesn't charge fees, so it's the best of these options. But crypto, especially XMR, is objectively better for accepting donations online.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    So because crypto has been used for scams, no one should use it or support someone who accepts it?

    Wait till you hear about fiat.

    Crypto is only rife with scum because of its privacy. And I don't disapprove of private alternatives just because bad people use them.

    That's government speak. 1:1

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    So because crypto has been used for scams, no one should use it or support someone who accepts it?

    No because it's used almost exclusively in scams. Also because of the insane environmental impact.

    Wait till you hear about fiat.

    I'll say the same thing about platforms like Zelle or wire transfers. If someone asks you for them, it's almost certainly a scam.

    Crypto is only rife with scum because of its privacy.

    • Lack of any regulation whatsoever. And increasingly so with the new US administration.
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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago

    A+ on transparency.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    This looks like an ad. What's wrong with F-droid?

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago

    F-Droid feels like an app store. Which it is and damn good at. Accressenct feels like a necessary toolbox that comes along with a fresh Graphene install. It doesn't feel the same as an app store.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    F-Droid is great for the FOSS market but not everyone only wants FOSS apps, Microg and the Aurora Store exist for a reason. Accrescent could theoretically (eventually) make it possible to wean more people completely off the play store.

    If F-Droid meets your needs, then that's great, and this post is not for you :)

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