On: GitHub Sponsors

[sah2ed]

The first scenario is a loss leader -- it doesn't contribute any revenue for the business to stay afloat.

The second may or may not be a loss leader, but it will contribute something in revenue for the business to stay afloat.

[0xffff2 → sah2ed]

That's charitable. Nowhere do they say that their "payment processing fee" will be limited to the fees charged by their payment processor. They could very well charge some multiple of that value to generate a profit.

[Drdrdrq → 0xffff2]

There is: nominal processing fee.