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I cancelled my PayPal account after it was first announced a few weeks ago. This just makes me even more sure it wasn’t a ‘mistake’ on their part.

minraws 4y ago
I am curious to understand the reasoning behind people saying it was a mistake, like how does something that big get past all the C-suites, F-suites and every other suite people of the company... Like I mean seriously was everyone blind!?
- andrekandre 4y ago
  whats the f-suite?
  - andirk 4y ago
    Also called the Champagne Room
    - andrekandre 4y ago
      ahhh, f = financial? top investor class?
  - mlambie 4y ago
- wtcactus 4y ago
  Well, PayPal did say, several times, it was just an internal error and that they, absolutely, weren't going to implement that measure. [1] Some people were also reporting, that when closing their account, a message stating the measure was not going to be implemented was shown up in the screen (but I didn't see any clear proof that was true). [1] https://news.yahoo.com/paypal-policy-permits-company-fine-143946902.html https://news.yahoo.com/paypal-policy-permits-company-fine-14...
- Beltalowda 4y ago
  It could conceivable just be something like a developer using the wrong draft version, the lawyer accidentally sending the wrong version after a few rounds of back-and-forths over potential drafts, or some other fairly silly mix-up like that. Of course calling it a "mistake" is more likely to be corporate spin and back-pedalling, but you can never be quite sure because the explanation could be true, and that's kind of the point of the spin.
LinuxBender 4y ago
Same here. I had an account from 2002 and closed it without a second thought. On the plus side, they sent an individual email for each business or person that I had a payment set up with even if it was not recurring which made it very easy to figure out what vendors I needed to update.
freedude 4y ago
The mistake is that Paypal doesn't "understand" what a customer is or how to retain them.
atlgator 4y ago
Don't forget to cancel Venmo as well, if you have it.

minraws 4y ago

I am curious to understand the reasoning behind people saying it was a mistake, like how does something that big get past all the C-suites, F-suites and every other suite people of the company... Like I mean seriously was everyone blind!?

andrekandre 4y ago
whats the f-suite?
- andirk 4y ago
  Also called the Champagne Room
  - andrekandre 4y ago
    ahhh, f = financial? top investor class?
- mlambie 4y ago
wtcactus 4y ago
Well, PayPal did say, several times, it was just an internal error and that they, absolutely, weren't going to implement that measure. [1] Some people were also reporting, that when closing their account, a message stating the measure was not going to be implemented was shown up in the screen (but I didn't see any clear proof that was true). [1] https://news.yahoo.com/paypal-policy-permits-company-fine-143946902.html https://news.yahoo.com/paypal-policy-permits-company-fine-14...
Beltalowda 4y ago
It could conceivable just be something like a developer using the wrong draft version, the lawyer accidentally sending the wrong version after a few rounds of back-and-forths over potential drafts, or some other fairly silly mix-up like that. Of course calling it a "mistake" is more likely to be corporate spin and back-pedalling, but you can never be quite sure because the explanation could be true, and that's kind of the point of the spin.

LinuxBender 4y ago

Same here. I had an account from 2002 and closed it without a second thought. On the plus side, they sent an individual email for each business or person that I had a payment set up with even if it was not recurring which made it very easy to figure out what vendors I needed to update.

freedude 4y ago

The mistake is that Paypal doesn't "understand" what a customer is or how to retain them.

atlgator 4y ago

Don't forget to cancel Venmo as well, if you have it.