Explain differences between recurring donation options?

[StoppingBuck]

Hey @abaker , I use Tasks on Android with Etesync and really like it. I've been a sponsor on GitHub for a month before realizing that you have a LiberaPay account, and am considering moving my sponsorship over there.

My primary reason for this is that I want as much of my recurring donation to go to you (the dev) rather than to third-parties. I'm using the app on F-Droid, circumventing any functional need for a subscription, but I still want to support regularly. My thoughts are:

• Google takes a 30% cut of anything I donate via Google Play,
• Patreon takes a 5%-12% cut of anything I donate via Patreon
• OpenCollective takes a 5% cut of anything I donate via OpenCollective
• Microsoft takes a 0% cut of anything I donate via GitHub Sponsors, but as others have pointed out, this is likely a promotional incentive rather than a permanent thing. After all, Microsoft's primary concern is their own bottom line
• LiberaPay takes a 0% cut of anything I donate via LiberaPay, but unlike GitHub Sponsors, this seems to be a permanent thing as LiberaPay supports itself financially through their own LiberaPay account

As such, from the perspective of someone who wants as much of their donation to go to the Tasks dev as possible, the choices - ranked from best to worst - seem to be LiberaPay > Github Sponsors > OpenCollective > Patreon > Google Play Subscription

Would it be possible to add these considerations to the Donate page? I might not be the only one interested in maximizing the effect of my donations 😃 (I could create a PR myself if required)

[abaker]

Thanks for the support, I really appreciate it!

I agree that this would be good information to add to the donate page. I can take care of this next week if you don't have time for a PR

GitHub is currently the most effective option. I had initially assumed GitHub's fee was promotional, but I recently found this:

GitHub Sponsors does not charge any fees for sponsorships from user accounts, so 100% of these sponsorships go to the sponsored developer or organization. The 10% fee for sponsorships from organizations is waived during the beta.

GitHub is also matching donations for the first 12 months or $5,000. I don't remember when I signed up, but matching will probably last until July or August.

LiberaPay doesn't take any fees, but the actual payment is done by PayPal (2.9% + $0.30) or Stripe (2.9% + $0.30)

[RayBB]

As of 2024 docs here GitHub fees are:

GitHub Sponsors does not charge any fees for sponsorships from personal accounts, so 100% of these sponsorships go to the sponsored developer or organization. GitHub Sponsors charges a fee of up to 6% for sponsorships from organization accounts. The 6% fee is split between the following:

• 3% credit card processing fee
• 3% GitHub service processing fee