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The toxic side of free – how I lost the love for my side project (part 4)

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Post by artursapek »

umziehennachbar wrote: post #174
artursapek wrote: post #168

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No, you tokenize the card through Stripe immediately and then charge the token 2 weeks later. You don't have to hold on to the card details.

so after you charge the card two weeks later, the transaction still gets completed unless you've somehow figured out during the two weeks how to determine whether \the attempt was fraudulent. I don't think this strategy will work because it will depend on the fraudsters knowing that the payment won't be processed for two weeks and then deciding it's not worth it. Are they going to read the TOS?

If the UI makes it clear that they aren't charged for two weeks, they likely won't bother waiting and move on to target a different service.

Re: The toxic side of free – how I lost the love for my side project (part 4)

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Post by umziehennachbar »

artursapek wrote: post #181
umziehennachbar wrote: post #174

Earlier quoted context omitted.

so after you charge the card two weeks later, the transaction still gets completed unless you've somehow figured out during the two weeks how to determine whether \the attempt was fraudulent. I don't think this strategy will work because it will depend on the fraudsters knowing that the payment won't be processed for two weeks and then deciding it's not worth it. Are they going to read the TOS?

If the UI makes it clear that they aren't charged for two weeks, they likely won't bother waiting and move on to target a different service.

they also might see an advantage in the delay that you don't see and try it out.

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Post by Lawtonfogle »

wobbleblob wrote: post #177
Lawtonfogle wrote: post #167

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>The intention with EU regulations like these is Regulatory capture is almost always given some reason behind it. As such when determining if something was regulatory capture, the stated reasoning behind it is ignored, which is why I was asking to what extent did multinational organizations influence this decision.

It's difficult to see why the EU would try to favor large, usually American and Asian tech giants like Amazon, Samsung and Google versus local startups through tax regulation. The most likely explanation if you ask me is that the motivation behind VATMOSS is exactly what it says on the tin: harmonization of the common market without forcing every member state to adopt the same domestic policies. The dynamics are diff…

>It's difficult to see why the EU would try to favor large

It is just as difficult to see why the US population would support laws that favor massive companies at the cost of the general populace but they still do. Large companies have no nationality in the realm of politics.

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Post by PythonicAlpha »

tekromancr wrote: post #176
PythonicAlpha wrote: post #175

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Thanks, as non-native speaker, I always fall in those traps ...

Haha, and as a native English speaker, I also fall for these traps. English is a silly language, sometimes.

Thanks! I don't feel so silly any more! ;)
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