> Media coverage has largely omitted the fact that LibreOffice has been displaying donation requests for years.

Bringing thunderbird under the bus

> Nobody is making the comparison with Mozilla Thunderbird, which has asked its users for donations practically every time it starts up, with clearly visible banners

And then Wikipedia

> The same logic applies to Wikipedia.

Answering to 'comments'

> Some comments have even suggested

C'mon don't tell me it's professional, it looks amateurish.

First rule: you don't give out names.

Second rule: You don't push the fault on other even when it's their.

Third rule: you don't answer to 'comments', 'tweets', and so on. You say 'we heard feedback that this and this'.

I say it again, it feels like it's been written by a guy alone, no supervision whatsoever, and who didn't have the The necessary step back.