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> one database

You mean one field in local storage [1]

Using github pages or similar, this could be completely free to run.

Domains aren't free and neither is time, so a simple ask for a donation is never a big issue. You can always make it yourself if you don't want to pay

Donations are never an issue, I had a donation link on my blog for years.

I didn't ever say that it was to "cover server costs" because even years ago I barely paid pennies a day for hosting.

Hilarious. "Server cost" donations make sense for large free forums but this is just static files. Sigh

What I'm hearing is if they replaced "for server costs" with "for costs", people would be fine.

Any website asking for a donation should:

1. publish an overview of donations annually,

2. justify roughly what costs were covered with the donations.

If websites don't do this, then I'm not donating.