@gershman Hi, we only do this once, and we respectfully disagree that it's bad form.
This one action led us to a historic amount of donations from our users in 2022 -- which in turn enabled us to pursue Thunderbird for Android AND iOS, develop new products, and hire new engineers and developers to make Thunderbird even better.
Our open source project is very healthy because of this, and our users have spoken with their wallets. We're incredibly grateful for that.
https://blog.thunderbird.net/2023/05/thunderbird-is-thriving-our-2022-financial-report/