When this subject arrives I always think about curl [1] and how a project reaching a market of billion of people and devices receives so few donations and little money [2]. I just discover the project added a link for commercial support [3].

[1] https://curl.se/

[2] https://www.google.com/search?q=curl+donations&oq=curl+donat...

[3] https://curl.se/support.html