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What does Musk have to do with the modern Paypal, that is generally disliked. The primary issues with Paypal come from the freezing of accounts, that doesn't af
by jimminy 10y ago
What does Musk have to do with the modern Paypal, that is generally disliked. The primary issues with Paypal come from the freezing of accounts, that doesn't affect the majority of users. It mostly only has effects for business with spiky sales that may appear fraudulent.
But the current view of PayPal is different from the historical view. PayPal was a brilliant service through the end of the 90's and early-00's, while Musk was involved. You can't retroactively apply the dislike the service has generated since their paths diverged. And even then I would contribute much more of the social impact to Thiel.
- tedunangst 10y agoPayPal didn't freeze accounts in 2000?
- jimminy 10y agoI didn't say or even imply that. I pointed out a primary reason we often see these kinds of posts, (freezing accounts), in one paragraph. Then in the next, I mention the overall view of Paypal is more negative than it used to be, when you could have actually attributed something about that to Musk.
- Cyph0n 10y agoI think the main issue is how much they rely on automated flagging to do this for them, and then how difficult it is for a normal user to get in contact with a live human to get things sorted out. Trust me, you'll understand why people hate PayPal so much once it happens to you.