[Android Software Development] guitardedhero:
As many of you know already, the GoFundMe guitardedhero PC campaign started by [MENTION=6449207]Roi007leaf[/MENTION] on June 27 has now been fulfilled! This idea that Kuba had, which sparked Roi into making a reality, was certainly a surprise to me at the time. I had just procured the SRS-X88 Bluetooth speaker for the project after a brief fundraising hour to accumulate the remaining funds needed for it, and the thought of an even bigger fundraiser/campaign made me feel very uncomfortable when presented with it.

I need to make one thing perfectly clear, one thing that will never change with me: I am not here for the prospect of potential donations. I am absolutely fanatical about Android audio and working with team members and users. It is what I stay up late for and what I wake up for. The entire experience that I've shared with all of you is unlike anything I could have imagined or anticipated. In just nine weeks, we have an incredible showing and offering of the potential that we have with this project and I am certainly glad that I made it to where we have a long way to go with the naming scheme of our sound systems lol!

For the longest time, it was on purpose that my donation link went nowhere. My feeble attempt at humor was mostly unnoticed judging by the numerous PM's I received about my "broken" donation link which was actually the following text:

Buy your girl some flowers instead, you'll likely get more out of it!

Eventually, I was made aware that a couple users were unnerved by the inability to donate money. I would always say that participation and promoting the positive vibe in the thread was always an acceptable form of donation. That isn't enough for some people in some cultures and one user actually used the term "insulted" to describe his frustration. At that point, I decided to use my PayPal email but never posted in a post, OP, or signature.

I decided that all funds would only be used to aid in audio projects on XDA which mostly were used for various music subscription services so I would have the ability to test almost every app instead of letting the donations just sit there building up and doing nothing. The speaker was the first purchase of a tangible product and was a replacement for my recently broken speaker that was a vital testing environment. A few days ago, I paid for the domain and hosting for arisesound.com with your donations. I made a commitment to myself and to donators at the start that donations will always be used to enhance our experience together here at XDA and to never just sit there unused. That is the only way I feel comfortable accepting donations from you guys.

Now that we have an official website requiring $23.40/month, I plan to drop some music subscription services to cover that amount. I simply have not needed to test very much for those services and obviously do not listen to all of them consistently so it has been wasteful to some extent. My insistence on not letting your donations be my future 401k obviously isn't perfect, but our website is the perfect solution for that problem. Removing some unnecessary expenses to cover a very necessary expense solves both issues at the same time.

So here I am, responsible for my largest amount of donations yet, preparing to become a PC user after a few years. When my PC wouldn't even boot into BIOS one day, it wasn't the end of the world. I had a Motorola Xoom running Team EOS and a Samsung Galaxy Nexus running DroidTh3ory's Axiom rom. Not long before that, I was already convinced that PC's would soon become obsolete for my needs as I felt Android mobile devices already covered those needs. The day my PC would not boot simply felt like the start of that theory. I was quite accurate as I never really missed my PC, even into 2016.

After adjusting myself with the initial discomfort of the GoFundMe campaign, I soon realized that this resource is definitely necessary for this project as there are certain limits with what I am capable with a 32GB Nexus 6. Just like every other use of monetary contributions, this use of those funds will be used to enhance this project in several tangible ways and from which you will benefit. I am so excited to see what I can do with this new resource and I can hardly wait to get started!

Finally, I would like to sincerely thank each and every one of you who have participated, donated, and/or joined the team making this the most fun I've had doing anything else in my 34 years. I cherish you guys no different than family and friends, and in some ways, it seems to be a bit more at times!

My partners, Roi and ahrion, gave substantial funds to the GoFundMe campaign and are the reason why this exists and why it has been fulfilled. I love you guys, and you each maximize your roles in the project with mastery. We are all fortunate to have you in these roles! Thank you everyone, once again, for believing in the investment in me but especially our project, ARISE Sound Systems! :good:

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