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Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://furry.engineer/@AVincentInSpace" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>AVincentInSpace</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://yiff.life/@erkhyan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>erkhyan</span></a></span> Cuz it's the foundational basis of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PeterThiel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeterThiel</span></a>, a white-hot gloeing antisemite, and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a>...</p><ul><li>See <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PayPalMafia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PayPalMafia</span></a>"</em>...</li></ul><p>Not to mention they charge absurdly high fees, absurdly high currency conversions rates and always choose the most inconvenient option whether they are a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/bank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bank</span></a> from <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Luxembourg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Luxembourg</span></a> or a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/corporation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corporation</span></a> from the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a>.</p><ul><li>as a matter if fact, Luxembourg's finance regulator, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CSSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CSSF</span></a>, had to literally employ <em>dedicaded staff</em> just to deal with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PayPal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PayPal</span></a> doing absurd shite!</li></ul>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://transmom.love/@elilla" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>elilla</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://oxytodon.com/@fuchsiii" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>fuchsiii</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://buff.tomboyfan.club/users/LunaDragofelis" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>LunaDragofelis</span></a></span> yeah...</p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PayPal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PayPal</span></a> being a greedy garbage <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/corporation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corporation</span></a> is nothing new to anyone who had to deal with them.</p><ul><li>They conveniently flip-flop between <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> firm and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Luxembourg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Luxembourg</span></a> <em>"legally but not really"</em> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/bank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bank</span></a> however they feel like to maximize <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/inconvenience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inconvenience</span></a> and minimize <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ConsumerRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConsumerRights</span></a> or means for clients to get their money.</li></ul><p>AFAIK the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CSSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CSSF</span></a> (Luxembourg's financial regulator) had to employ additional Staff dedicaded to complaints re: PayPal.</p><ul><li>And I'm not shure PayPal pays even remotely enough taxes there to offset that cost...</li></ul><p>I'd rather want to switch to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Monero" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Monero</span></a> for everything than having to deal with PayPal...</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://awawa.club/users/byte" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>byte</span></a></span> yes, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PayPal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PayPal</span></a> is an absolute shitshow and the only way you can get them ti nit be assholes is to instantly complain to everyone from your local consumer orotection agency to <a href="https://www.cssf.lu/en/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">their regulators</a>, the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CSSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CSSF</span></a> in <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Luxembourg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Luxembourg</span></a>.</p><p>They are literally known to randomly close accounts and ban people (through verifyably no fault of their customers) from their services.</p><ul><li>Also a single person not using said transfer as <em>"PayPal Friends &amp; Family"</em> can get one's personal account frozen alongside assets.</li></ul>