Donation Handling Controversy
Comments debate the ethics, anonymity, and redistribution of donations in a service where unclaimed funds go to other users or causes, questioning if they are true donations or incentives like bribes.
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Doing that punishes people who donated.
You are assuming that they donated to support.
AFAICT he's only giving money away, not asking any. What's sketchy about anonymous donations?
What's the rationale for not accepting donations?
Oh, but that wouldn't be just a "donation" then..
What if the money went to a charity or organization you disagreed with, ex: neo-nazis, etc?
Note that if you donate money to this guy, you're indirectly encouraging apple's behaviour.
How is it mutually beneficial for the guy who donated the most money?
So people can donate to person X but if they don't claim it in time, the money is given away to all the other users that are using the service? That seems really shady to me that donations would be redirected like that. Either keep the money in escrow forever or don't take unsolicited donations without the person's consent in the first place.
It's not a bribe, just a donation!