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[–] 134 points 1 month ago (8 children)

Did WinRar ever try to break a union

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    [–] 83 points 1 month ago (44 children)

    People who buy WinRar should consult with psychiatrist about their medication. WinRar is obsolete. We have better open-source alternatives for a decade or even longer.

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    [–] 56 points 1 month ago (4 children)

    I did both in the past.
    And promptly lost the RAR license.

    And not feeling so great about wikimedias recent organizational actions.

    The world is complicated

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  • [–] 21 points 1 month ago

    WinRAR got what they needed. You did good.

    Wikimedia... Hindsight is a bitch, you either live life not helping places that need it or take chances on helping people you don't know are assholes.

    TBF, organizational actions aside, they made a thing, it's pretty damned useful, you can download the thing and keep it forever. I've donated to causes that have done less for me.

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    [–] 30 points 1 month ago (4 children)

    I donated to wikipedia once and they went after me every year like I had fed an hungry dog.

    No, I doesn't got more cookies boy!

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    [–] 24 points 1 month ago
    [–] 24 points 1 month ago (4 children)

    Donated to wiki. They proceeded to spam my inbox every other day begging for more.

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  • [–] 22 points 1 month ago*

    Don't. They had 180 million usd income, with operating cost of 3 million usd, and they currently have over quarter BILLION is net assets. They (Wiki foundation) are at the point where they become cancerous to the Wikipedia - e. g. they are currently union busting.

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  • [–] 20 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    I donated regularly to Wikipedia and will again when they pull their heads out of their asses.

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    [–] 16 points 1 month ago (7 children)

    My good sir, I donated five dollars to Wikipedia

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  • [–] 16 points 1 month ago (5 children)

    Enshittification comes for us all. But we really need to be proactive about saving wikipedia, or at least it's data.

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  • [–] 25 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    Wikimedia Foundation has enough assets to keep hosting Wikipedia for the next 60 years, according to their financial reports:

    https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/3/3f/Wikimedia_Foundation_FY_24-25_Audit_Report.pdf

    Wikipedia will really be fine. It is all the other expenses that raise eyebrows in a major way. This, of course, includes the pay of the executives and high-ranking officials that earn anywhere between $150k to $500k a year, and their salaries keep growing exponentially. At the same time, they spend donated money hiring union-busting firms - presumably, to crush on the latest unionization attempts and keep growing their pay.

    https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_salaries

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  • [–] 15 points 1 month ago (5 children)

    Just a heads up, Wikipedia has been operating with huge margins, they're completely safe and do not need donations right now.

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    [–] 11 points 1 month ago

    I've done both. No need to grovel, but you can call me "your excellence"

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