@baldur I agree with that criticism, but I think that just because we have a well established capitalist route for proprietary software, that's not the only route to funding community oriented FOSS. I currently donate monthly to several FOSS projects and feel like I get my money's worth out of it.
But I do think that there are projects that need funding and aren't getting it. I've thought about establishing a "FOSS R&D lab" as a path forward.