This is a good reminder of the real financial costs incurred by maintainers of your favorite Emacs packages.

Here's a nice repo with details on how to support them!

https://github.com/tarsius/elisp-maintainers

Also worth pointing out that the author of Magit has made the unusual choice to make a living off developing Emacs packages. I've been happy to pitch in my own hard earned cash in return for the awesomeness that Magit is!