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Don't get me wrong, this is cool and helpful, but in my opinion this website is absolutely not okay: > Since I started working at Dwolla it became clear to me
by citricsquid 15y ago
Don't get me wrong, this is cool and helpful, but in my opinion this website is absolutely not okay:
> Since I started working at Dwolla it became clear to me that payment fees are really confusing. I put this calculator together so people could easily understand how different payment system fees compare.
To have this tucked away on the little "about" page that it's being ran by someone with a connection to one of the companies listed seems wrong. If this was presented as a tool from Dwolla then sure, that's fine, the bias is made clear at the start, but to masquerade as independent isn't okay.
Even if the intentions are 100% pure this is still an advert for Dwolla from Dwolla (each employee represents the company) and not making sure every viewer understands that is wrong. Not to mention Dwollas pricing structure is so that you can never not have Dwolla as #1 in this...
- mschonfeld 15y agoThe whole point of this is to be as neutral as possible. If you look at the source code, which is btw available on github (https://github.com/Dwolla/fees-calculator https://github.com/Dwolla/fees-calculator), you'll see that I haven't hard coded anything. Which means that if one of the other gateways happens to be cheaper for a given scenario, they will be on top. I understand where you're coming from, but again, the whole point was to try and stay neutral.