In ten days last month, the Wikimedia Foundation fired the longtime lead developer of MediaWiki and disbanded the team whose entire job was to listen to volunteers. Most of the people they fired were union organizers. Wikipedia’s editors are now threatening to strike in solidarity. The Foundation is sitting on $296 million in reserves and a freshly profitable AI revenue stream. This is a confrontation with global implications.
My personal take is: don’t silently cancel your donations in hope of change. You have much more influence power if you publicly threaten to cancel your donation, especially if you already are a recurring donor. Make yourself heard, on wiki. These protest pages are being read.