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OSS maintainers are losing GitHub sponsors due to loss of PayPal support

30 points by rk06 4y ago

junon 4y ago
Meh. Good riddance, honestly. PayPal is a blight.
- 2253539242 4y ago
  om
- tracker1 4y ago
  Agreed...
LtWorf 4y ago
Last week I got my first ever donation (30$ of which PayPal took 2)! Within the hour PayPal decided that I'm actually a scammer and decided to block my account forever. No appeal possible. There's a good reason to remove PayPal support…
- GoblinSlayer 4y ago
  But it's rEgUlAtEd.
- cwillu 4y ago
  Even criminals know to do test-first development of their stolen credit card numbers.
zodiakzz 4y ago
I thought PayPal's selling point is keeping one safe from shady sellers...? Personally I don't think Microsoft is gonna leak my CC details. Neither will an OSS developer run away after my donation (or if they do, it's not a huge deal). So why don't these "sponsors" just use their Credit Card?
- stockerta 4y ago
  Credit Cards aren't really popular outside North America.
  - manuelmoreale 4y ago
    I'm honestly curious about how and where you got this impression.
    - Tanjreeve 4y ago
      Live in UK. Went to the shop and paid with three seashells and a turnip.
    - deleted 4y ago
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kramerger 4y ago
If you want to support FOSS developers, you should try librapay.
- bombolo 4y ago
  But liberapay uses paypal or stripe to do the actual payments.
sickcodebruh 4y ago
What is the context? The tweet references “the PayPal removal” and this post remarks on “loss of PayPal support” but nothing shows up when I search. Was there a policy change or event?
- nouryqt 4y ago
  https://github.blog/changelog/2023-01-23-github-sponsors-will-stop-supporting-paypal/ https://github.blog/changelog/2023-01-23-github-sponsors-wil... Discussed here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34495502 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34495502 and here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34816619 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34816619
- deleted 4y ago
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- joshuanapoli 4y ago
  GitHub Sponsors stopped accepting PayPal at the end of February. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34816619 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34816619

30 points by rk06 4y ago

junon 4y ago

Meh. Good riddance, honestly. PayPal is a blight.

2253539242 4y ago
om
tracker1 4y ago
Agreed...

LtWorf 4y ago

Last week I got my first ever donation (30$ of which PayPal took 2)! Within the hour PayPal decided that I'm actually a scammer and decided to block my account forever. No appeal possible. There's a good reason to remove PayPal support…

GoblinSlayer 4y ago
But it's rEgUlAtEd.
cwillu 4y ago
Even criminals know to do test-first development of their stolen credit card numbers.

zodiakzz 4y ago

I thought PayPal's selling point is keeping one safe from shady sellers...? Personally I don't think Microsoft is gonna leak my CC details. Neither will an OSS developer run away after my donation (or if they do, it's not a huge deal). So why don't these "sponsors" just use their Credit Card?

stockerta 4y ago
Credit Cards aren't really popular outside North America.
- manuelmoreale 4y ago
  I'm honestly curious about how and where you got this impression.
  - Tanjreeve 4y ago
    Live in UK. Went to the shop and paid with three seashells and a turnip.
  - deleted 4y ago
    [deleted]

kramerger 4y ago

If you want to support FOSS developers, you should try librapay.

bombolo 4y ago
But liberapay uses paypal or stripe to do the actual payments.

sickcodebruh 4y ago

What is the context? The tweet references “the PayPal removal” and this post remarks on “loss of PayPal support” but nothing shows up when I search. Was there a policy change or event?

nouryqt 4y ago
https://github.blog/changelog/2023-01-23-github-sponsors-will-stop-supporting-paypal/ https://github.blog/changelog/2023-01-23-github-sponsors-wil... Discussed here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34495502 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34495502 and here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34816619 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34816619
deleted 4y ago
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joshuanapoli 4y ago
GitHub Sponsors stopped accepting PayPal at the end of February. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34816619 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34816619