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Does Wikipedia really need my donations? (infosec.pub)
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Every now and then I'll get an email from someone higher up in Wikipedia asking for a donation. I don't really mind a tenner but I don't know if it pads the pockets of corporate management or actual contributors. Also, are they really short of money or is this tugging at emotional strings a play at something else? I wish Wikipedia survives but there's a lot of projects I need to donate to and I have a budget.

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[โ€“] MigratingtoLemmy@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Use adblockers?

[โ€“] Badabinski@kbin.earth 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I do, but certain Android browsers don't support plugins. I have to use a specific browser for compatibility reasons with some work shit (I do on-call stuff). I need that to just work, so I can't use, say, Firefox for Android. I use multiple browsers on computers, but I just can't be bothered on my phone. That leaves me with DNS-based ad blockers. Those work almost as well, but only when I'm home or VPNed home. I don't want to use a hosted service for privacy reasons, and I don't want to expose a DNS server on the internet. This means that when I can't VPN or I forget to, I get fandom rage. I'm sure I could do something to address this, but I have bigger fish to fry right now. The nice ad-free fandom frontend sounds like a great compromise to me.

[โ€“] MigratingtoLemmy@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

All I can say is don't access fandom websites on your work phone

[โ€“] Badabinski@kbin.earth 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Time to see if this comes across properly without escaping:

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