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Re: [Debconf-team] PayPal donations, and fees



On 03/31/2013 02:59 PM, David Prévot wrote:

>> On Mar 31, 2013 12:01 PM, "Moray Allan" <moray@sermisy.org> wrote:
>
>>> I try to avoid using Paypal myself for reasons unrelated to their fees
> 
> Would you mind sharing those reasons?

I'm not moray, but i'll tell you mine:

i used to have a paypal account.   Then, they changed their terms of
service, and told me that i'd need to review and agree to their new
terms of service for me to continue having an account.  I did not manage
to make the time to do a proper review of their complex legal document
before their deadline, so they suspended my account.  I have not felt
the compulsion to wade through that sort of thing since then, so i don't
have such an account any more.

I wonder how many people have actually reviewed and agreed to the terms
of service offered by paypal, compared to how many people have just
"agreed" to their ToS.  I suspect the ratio is very small.  I don't
think we do anyone any favors by further encouraging this sort of
widespread ignorant "opt-in" to what seems likely to be a one-sided and
arbitrary legal instrument.

If more-reasonable options exist, i'd prefer that we offer them, but i
am afraid i don't have useful work hours to contribute to doing so.

thanks to the folks who are working on this, and to the Brandorr group
for offering the matching fund in the first place.

Regards,

	--dkg

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