The PayPal Donate buttons appear.

Rumors and arguments that the arrival of eBay in Russia can also contribute to the arrival of the payment system PayPal, delight me.

I immediately recall that the existence of PayPal in the Western Internet creates a whole cultural environment of voluntary monetary support for various projects (say, programs with free and open source) by means of buttons (labeled “PayPal Donate”) placed on their websites. Or not buttons, and other similar devices.

_{Here is an example: the TV Underground site, using the information block in the left column of the site, collects several thousand dollars each month (to support its web server and ed2k server) money donated by the public quite voluntarily, out of love for the idea.}

Was there something similar in Russia so far? Yes, but few. Webmoney does not create such opportunities (they position themselves as a means of payment for services and goods, and not for donations); Kiwi accept funds only for non-profit organizations (foundations); so, until now, only Yandex.Money offered special buttons for donating money, which looked like this:


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However, in my opinion, between “donate five rubles” and “give five rubles” there is a noticeable difference, both cultural and moral.

And even if you don’t consider it essential, in any case it will be better when Yandex.Money stops being the only ones with its initiative.