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Iban option?
A bit silly EU-ians have to go through all those platforms when a simple bank transfer could do the job.
I’ve looked into it but as a millennial pre-internet person, it spooks me. IBANs can leak personal information like addresses, names, etc., so I’m not to keen on it.
Ko-Fi isn’t allowed to operate here in Turkey.
Expanding the merch selection would also really help.
I would also like more options for the merch. BeOS, MSDOS and Mac OS X are not my cup of tea tbh.
More Windows 11 Merch – got it!
Windows Me, please.
More like Amiga or Linux .. advanced operating systems 😉
Having been here for about 20 years…. It would really hurt to see OSNews go.
So, please guys and gals, chip in as much as you can.
Donation sent.
I have “ars technica” case badges, if that gives an idea on how long i have been lurking. I also once got an email back from JLG at BeOS after sending in some error code Haiku’s. Maybe we need to bring back “webrings” for “organic content”.
I met JLG at Comdex and got a personal BeOS demo.
jealous. at the time being somewhat of a teenager just a few years into computers, I was just shocked that he took the time.