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Why are we accepting that a payment transaction company that is part of a duopoly with visa gets to define itself as the moral arbiter of legal business.
by christkv 5y ago
Why are we accepting that a payment transaction company that is part of a duopoly with visa gets to define itself as the moral arbiter of legal business.
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