Exactly -- You use Upwork to facilitate international payments and for proof of work via their spyware when you don't trust the contractor. These two do neith

Exactly -- You use Upwork to facilitate international payments and for proof of work via their spyware when you don't trust the contractor. These two do neither. You have to be obtuse and believe they just gave Upwork $1k from the goodness of their hearts... or there's some sort of scam. I don't know what the scam is; just this behavior is irrational to the tune of more than $1k if there isn't a scam involved.