GitHub Sponsors will stop supporting PayPal

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Post by _wyrj » Mon, Jan 23, 2023, 9:43 PM UTC

GitHub Sponsors will stop supporting PayPal
github.blog

Re: GitHub Sponsors will stop supporting PayPal

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Post by darknavi » Mon, Jan 23, 2023, 9:55 PM UTC

Any details? They provided no reason in the post.

Has there been recent drama with PayPal?

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Post by johnl1479 » Mon, Jan 23, 2023, 9:56 PM UTC

Anyone know why GitHub has made this decision?

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Post by dathinab » Mon, Jan 23, 2023, 9:58 PM UTC

Really GitHub, no details? That looks like something which could easily hugely decrease donations for _some_ people.

(For many it probably won't be to big of a change given that most sponsors are likely either companies or well-earning IT people.)

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Post by sen » Mon, Jan 23, 2023, 10:01 PM UTC

I wonder if PayPal did the old “Your account is locked and we’re keeping your money” thing to GitHub too, as they have too so many others.

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Post by jrochkind1 » Mon, Jan 23, 2023, 10:02 PM UTC

More warning would have been ideal, but perhaps it's a security issue. Or a business negotiation issue. It's apparently something they don't want to tell us about, and are in a (relative to usual deprecation) hurry about.

I bet a lot of sponsorship dollars will be lost when people do not update.

I wonder if this will effect non-US donors especially. In general, I'm pretty sure paypal is accessible to more people than visa/mastercard. Over the summer they announced some international expansion to who can receive sponsorship dollars. https://github.blog/2022-07-28-github-sponsors-available-in-...

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Post by Karupan » Mon, Jan 23, 2023, 10:03 PM UTC

I’ve always used PayPal on GitHub for sponsoring great devs since it’s the lowest touch option. Strange that there is no explanation as to why it’s being stopped.

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Post by hapidjus » Mon, Jan 23, 2023, 10:03 PM UTC

Microsoft + Stripe announcement incoming?

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Post by neilv » Mon, Jan 23, 2023, 10:05 PM UTC

dathinab wrote: post #4

Really GitHub, no details? That looks like something which could easily hugely decrease donations for _some_ people. (For many it probably won't be to big of a change given that most sponsors are likely either companies or well-earning IT people.)

Yeah, just the annoying task of having to go revisit their recurring donations, I'd expect to cost some donations, as people "I don't have time for this" decide to cancel.

Then there's the people who still intend to donate, but just don't get around to setting the new payment method.

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Post by redox99 » Mon, Jan 23, 2023, 10:07 PM UTC

sen wrote: post #5

I wonder if PayPal did the old “Your account is locked and we’re keeping your money” thing to GitHub too, as they have too so many others.

Blows my mind that that's legal. If they lock your account they should be obliged to still show a form to withdraw to a bank account you own.