No, it's like blaming your employer for paying you in a different currency so that they can take a cut of the currency conversion. He says in the article that

No, it's like blaming your employer for paying you in a different currency so that they can take a cut of the currency conversion. He says in the article that he would prefer to get USD and convert (or not convert) when and how he wants to, but Paypal won't let him. Upthread in a comment it's described how Paypal doesn't allow this. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5669064 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5669064