Re: [Debconf-team] PayPal donations, and fees
Daniel Kahn Gillmor dijo [Mon, Apr 01, 2013 at 10:06:11AM -0400]:
> 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.
Right. I am also basically a PayPal ex-user — Well, no, I am a user,
but I avoid it whenever possible. I had chosen their service to avoid
using a credit card (as they could work with debit), but at some point
they caused me an amount of headache over my choice of bank. I ended
up getting a credit card, and cursing each time I see PayPal.
But then again, it seems to work for many people, and it's accepted by
SPI (and by our sponsor). So, I'm not going to oppose a mechanism that
can get DebConf (up to) an extra US$10K!
> thanks to the folks who are working on this, and to the Brandorr group
> for offering the matching fund in the first place.
As they say nowadays, «+1».
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