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[–] [email protected] 48 points 1 year ago (1 children)

THEN ASK PEOPLE TO DONATE, how tone-deaf can you be about your own community?? What the fuck do they think Wikipedia is doing?
I've found pirates & FOSS enthusiasts are FAR more likely to donate into something they use regularly and appreciate, this is a blatant slap in the face to those people.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

They did do donations but maybe it wasn't enough 🤷 https://blog.opensubtitles.com/opensubtitles/thank-you-for-donations

It wouldn't surprise me if "VIP" was originally a tier given for donations which had some benefits.

Edit: that's indeed the case https://blog.opensubtitles.com/opensubtitles/free-vip-membership-for-first-20-users