Ask HN: How can DigitalOcean not afford $50, but can afford $3M to Omarchy?

For the life of me, I don't understand how DigitalOcean can't afford a $50 a month sponsorship to GNOME and Flatpak but can afford $3M to Omarchy. [0] Not only that, DigitalOcean cancelled their $50 a month sponsorship to GNOME and Flatpak. To put this in perspective, it would take 5,000 years ...

Source: [Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49679602)