> backers receive no benefits, rewards, or access to exclusive content. They don’t even get a thank you email.<p>I've sent donations (e.g. $25-$100 via papyal) to open source and technical folks and only once received a reply (thank you) back.<p>I suppose it shouldn't disappoint me, but it does and thus I'm much less likely to bother.
For OP: the about page is 404'ing <a href="https://method.ac/about/" rel="nofollow">https://method.ac/about/</a>
when I had post-adolescent support systems in place, long ago, the donation system made so much sense to me.. now, long after, its not a pretty picture w.r.t. cost of living