@SnoozyRests@cyberpunk.lol Right; I can only speak for my own discussions, which were often trying to encourage people to consider a FOSS donation model *instead of* a proprietary payment scheme, usually people who were already pretty okay financially and could easily afford to take that risk. Hence why I'm considering them something different :)

It seems likely that broader, more public discussions around funding OSS are closer to mutual aid, as you describe, because they often revolve around people who are *already* doing a lot of work for the community.

(I do personally consider FOSS to itself be a form of mutual aid in some ways, though only one of many, and certainly not a magical solution to all ills)