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How is this any different form all the other companies that adopted the same Anti-Class action policies in the last few months? Whats so special about Paypal co
by Daegalus 14y ago
How is this any different form all the other companies that adopted the same Anti-Class action policies in the last few months? Whats so special about Paypal compared to Microsoft, Apple, Google, Steam, etc, that we need this posted 5 times in the last two weeks, and also constantly making it out to be so much worse than everyone else. I know everyone loves hating on Paypal but this is kinda stupid.
- nowarninglabel 14y agoWell this is different and unsettling: "Calls to You; Mobile Telephone Numbers. Section 1.10 is being updated to state: By providing PayPal a telephone number (including a mobile telephone number), you agree to receive autodialed and prerecorded message calls at that number..."
- jonathanwallace 14y agoAutomated phone calls to a number you provide is one of the ways that paypal authenticates your identity. Welcome to the internet, where anyone can be anyone!
- sturmeh 14y agoThat or advertisements.
- Karunamon 14y agoPaypal is pretty evil, but I can't think of a single successful company, ever, who started spamming their own customer's mobiles
- avree 14y agoYeah, my sense the user backlash from unsolicited mobile ad spam would even hurt a giant with such heavy engrained web commerce inertia as PayPal.
- Evbn 14y agoCredit card companies do this, which is why I no longer have a Discover Card.
- Karunamon 14y agoDiscover started sending unsolicited marketing messages to your mobile phone!?
- true_religion 14y agoVerizon does it to me. They're always trying to get me to take in other deals from 3rd parties or themselves.
- kirillzubovsky 14y agoHaven't looked into the policies of the other companies, but PayPal has gotten a lot of attention recently when folks on HN were complaining about their accounts being randomly closed/frozen by PayPal. I don't know about you, but if my account was indeed terminated without reason, thus causing my business financial problems (or maybe even failure), I would want to take legal actions. Mediation may not be the answer, especially when it is you vs. a giant company.
- Evbn 14y agoMediation is completely different from arbitration. Mediators do not pick winners.
- kirillzubovsky 14y agoYou're right. I meant to say 'arbitration'