KLD Have you paid or donated for software? Would you and if so, what?

[oshunluvr]

A recent thread brought this question to my mind:

Have you or would you spend money of software if you really wanted or needed it? In a related question, Do you donate to "free" projects like Kubuntu or this forum or others?

I myself have had a good paying career my whole adult life and now that I'm retired and the kids are gone, I have a enough discretionary income to chip in where I feel it's warranted. I hope others do the same.

Please understand this isn't about shaming anyone for not paying or donating. I'm not judging, just curious about the general state of things. To that end, the pole responses are not public and I won't share who or how anyone responded. Multiple choices are allowed.

[oshunluvr]

A follow-on question: If you would pay for the right product, what would it be?

I DID pay for a professional level slide and negative scanning program to complete a project of scanning 50 years of old family photos: Vuescan

I WOULD pay for a really professional level PDF program IF I was still working.

I donate here, to the forum, KDE projects, and a couple others.

[claydoh]

I would pay/donate to Kup backup, at the very least. KTailCtrl and other smaller projects U use every day. I already donate to KDE.

I actually pay or donated for most phone apps I use that offer it, even though much of them are open source.
GrayJay, Convert Now, Antennapod and others.