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Other than PayPal monetizing your payment history, sure it’s great. Apple makes it even easier. This is tangential, but on the topic of PayPal and privacy, thi
by briandear 8y ago
Other than PayPal monetizing your payment history, sure it’s great. Apple makes it even easier.
This is tangential, but on the topic of PayPal and privacy, this article is interesting about PayPal and HIPAA: https://simple.icouch.me/blog/is-paypal-hipaa-compliant-revisiting-paypal-for-therapists https://simple.icouch.me/blog/is-paypal-hipaa-compliant-revi...
Short answer: if privacy matters, PayPal is a non-starter. I don’t want news publishers to have my information either. I know publishers like to howl and whine about “owning the customer relationship,” but unless they allow Apple for subscriptions, I won’t subscribe. I don’t need to be constantly reminder if their “special offers.”
- chrischen 8y agoPretty sure Chase and banks do the same.
- discreditable 8y agoPretty much any credit card mines your purchases. PayPal isn't special in this regard.
- jammygit 8y agoWhat is the alternative? Is, what do informed people do instead of using credit cards or PayPal to buy things? (I assume stripe is the same)
- dorgo 8y agocash?
- Tsubasachan 8y agoiDeal- basically money from my bank account to the bank account of the person I'm doing business with. Instant, free and no Sillicon Valley dipshit middle men parasites.
- fl0wenol 8y agoChecks, ACH, wire transfers. Bank to bank, for free or very low fee (compared to transferred amount, like 20 bucks to transfer $$$$ with 1 day settlement for a wire transfer)
- kalleboo 8y agoIf privacy matters, any credit card is a non-starter: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-30/google-and-mastercard-cut-a-secret-ad-deal-to-track-retail-sales https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-30/google-an...