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For-profit Pie Adblock (from the founder of Honey) called out for copying uBlock Origin open source code without credit (www.theregister.com)
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[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Now I feel bad. I use paypal because in some cases of purchases it is the only means I can use. What is shady about them?

[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 days ago (4 children)

Look up the PayPal mafia. Tldr: their founders are overthrowing the world's oldest democracy at the moment.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Fun fact: the founders threw out musk, before it became PayPal, he actually wanted it to be called X, he was hoarding that domain since then.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago

What’s the worlds oldest democracy?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Thanks I barely used them out of convenience and now I'll make a point to stop entirely.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 days ago

It's the only means you can use because it's the only one the seller provides. Not your fault.

What is shady? You name it.

I mean first and foremost they're a public-traded company that you'll see on every storefront on the web, which together basically guarantees unethical business practices.

They automatically enrolled users into PayPal credit without their knowledge or consent. They advertised $10 free credit for new members, then just...didn't give it. They charge late fees and interest when their shitty servers fail to process payments. They will almost always take the buyer's side in any dispute, regardless of provided evidence, they automatically opt users into data sharing, etc.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/paypal-pay-25-million-fines-deceptive-shady-business-001516273.html https://www.dailydot.com/debug/stop-paypal-data-sharing/