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Re: GitHub Sponsors will stop supporting PayPal

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Post by redox99 »

brian-armstrong wrote: post #18
redox99 wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

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Indeed one of the biggest reasons I like cryptocurrencies is that I've been burned many times by paypal, payoneer, bank accounts, etc.

Just the other day when I tried to withdraw from a certain payment processor, which I've done 100s of times and is always instant, but it took 3 days because they were "validating it" (which makes no sense, it's a withdrawal to my own bank account), and I needed that money at that very moment, not 3 days later.

The only forms of money that I know for a certainty I can move at a moments notice are cash and crypto. Anything else I don't really own it.

Re: GitHub Sponsors will stop supporting PayPal

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Post by csours »

im3w1l wrote: post #30
madeofpalk wrote: post #13

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My understanding (when I briefly looked into this about 5 years ago) is that Paypal doesn't support sending money for donations unless it's actual charitable donations - accepting 'donations' for an npm package is against paypal terms of service. My guess is that Paypal finally got around telling github to stop accepting this.

What is an actual charitable donation?

Registered charity?

Re: GitHub Sponsors will stop supporting PayPal

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Post by jkaplowitz »

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.

Unlikely, since this is a full one-month notice period for the GitHub Sponsors change. They wouldn't have that option if PayPal had locked the GitHub Sponsors PayPal account.

Re: GitHub Sponsors will stop supporting PayPal

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Post by tinus_hn »

cmeacham98 wrote: post #26
brian-armstrong wrote: post #18

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No it doesn't. There are numerous tales of exchanges closing up and keeping/losing their client's money.

With Bitcoin there is no need to keep your money at an exchange.

Re: GitHub Sponsors will stop supporting PayPal

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Post by ergonaught »

Daunk wrote: post #17

I actually had no idea PayPal was still around, I figured it was dead years ago... it should be dead...

I use it on a nearly daily basis, personally and professionally, although some of their recent choice around "security" are going to end that.

Re: GitHub Sponsors will stop supporting PayPal

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Post by malikNF »

cmeacham98 wrote: post #26
brian-armstrong wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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No it doesn't. There are numerous tales of exchanges closing up and keeping/losing their client's money.

Is it bitcoin's fault when people trust others to manage their own btc? "Not your keys not your bitcoin" is a manthra that gets repeated by the BTC community every single day.

If you can't manage your own coins then btc is not for you, use fiat, trust the bankers[1][2] to hold your money.

[1]https://finance.yahoo.com/news/bank-america-customers-report... (January 18, 2023)

Re: GitHub Sponsors will stop supporting PayPal

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Post by iLoveOncall »

redox99 wrote: post #10
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.

They do. I got my account locked below I had opened it when I was below 18 and they allowed me to withdraw the thousands I had on without any problem, from the moment it was locked.
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