We can have nice things

The day people stop harassing FOSS maintainers for bug fixes and new features is perhaps the day we can start having nice things.

Don't weaponise your donations.

Don't dress your needs up as suggestions; the maintainers know better than you do.

Don't keep arguing with the maintainer's decision when they say no. Even if your nagging doesn't drain those kindhearted maintainers, they drain me as a reader.

Please just don't say anything at all if you don't understand that it's not just about you: you're ruining it for everyone.

What prompted this? Some comments and issues in a project with 38k stars on GitHub maintained by one person who has no intention to monetise it.

Ask what you can do to contribute.