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Thank you! After reading the story I headed to the comments to look for this exact comment! This story was super, super sketchy! The tell was it didn't at all m
by astura 8y ago
Thank you! After reading the story I headed to the comments to look for this exact comment! This story was super, super sketchy! The tell was it didn't at all mention the products or services they sell. Since any normal person would mention the products/services they sell front-and-center as key information to the story, I went ahead and assumed the problem was the products or services they offer were illegal/sketchy/questionable/against TOS.
So I came here to see if anyone looked up what sort of products and services they offer.
- arielm 8y agoSame! And it’s definitely sketchy, but... PayPal could have at least pointed towards the clause in their terms that is being used for the rejection.
- doctoboggan 8y agoI am wondering why PayPal cares in this case? I had no idea what PBNs where before this thread, and I agree they are spammy and should be dealt with (by google presumably), why does PayPal see the need to ban this company? I assume PBNs aren't illegal, so PayPal wouldn't face legal jeopardy. My guess is either Google is encouraging PayPal to do this ban or PayPal is afraid of some societal backlash if people realize they are profiting off of spam. I am honestly happy they are attempting to limit spam, but just surprised they are harming their bottom line to do it.
- unreal37 8y agoIt's deceptive and unethical. There should be no surprise that legitimate payment providers like PayPal and even Visa/Mastercard would not want to work with them. PayPal also does not do business with many Porn Websites, which are generally legal.
- doctoboggan 8y agoGood point regarding porn websites being banned by PayPal. I guess it falls under my "societal backlash" reasoning.
- downandout 8y agoI am truly disgusted by this comment and those with a similar sentiment below. Selling PBNs is not against Paypal’s TOS, regardless of whether or not you happen to dislike them. The point is that PayPal falsely asserted that a business violated its TOS, and that means that it could happen to anyone else - instantly and without explanation. That is the problem here.
- exolymph 8y agoHere is PayPal's TOS (although they may have multiple for different aspects of the service, and definitely for different jurisdictions), in case anyone else wanted to take a look: https://www.paypal.com/us/webapps/mpp/ua/acceptableuse-full https://www.paypal.com/us/webapps/mpp/ua/acceptableuse-full
- dwaltrip 8y agoI just googled PBN. It looks like it is a black-hat, completely inauthentic SEO tactic that has no legitimate value. Why on Earth or you defending them? Am I missing something?
- 1337biz 8y agoBecause if what they are selling does not break any laws PayPal should not ban it. Or do you don't want PayPal to treat the world as their app store and pick and choose which software or service they find ok to sell.
- driverdan 8y agoThey already do that. There are a lot of legal things PayPal has banned. Try to use PayPal to buy firearms and see what happens.
- village-idiot 8y agoThe idea that companies cannot exercise any authority over their own product beyond what is explicitly forbidden by law is silly.
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