Gregory's Server
Let me use an #OpenSource project I'm involved in - @thunderbird - to demonstrate the importance of simply asking for donations.
In Dec 2022, for the 1st time, we introduced a one-time, in-app appeal. When our users updated to the newest release, their default browser opened the page I've attached.
They only saw this page ONCE.
We received an astounding $3.5m in donations, doubling our 2022 revenue goal in one month. It was the project's biggest month in history.