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Re:“PayPal has demanded that we monitor data traffic as well... by wastedhours on Tuesday June 21, 2016 @06:02AM (#11944672)
Exactly - for a great deal many people, PayPal is preferable to paying directly to the seller. Until another branded payment provider has that level of mindshare across the general populace, and seen as being secure and trustworthy from twentysomethings to grandparents, then they wont be beaten.
Re:“PayPal has demanded that we monitor data traffic as well... by Bartweiss on Tuesday June 21, 2016 @10:57AM (#11946064)
But will companies continue to run the risk of letting Paypal ban their accounts (and often, freeze their funds in the process)?

I can't imagine a consumer revolt, but at a certain point "makes your users feel secure" is outweighed by "makes you terrified you'll lose your money". I suspect that something like Stripe or Square will eventually sell companies on a "we won't screw you over" narrative and start to compete directly.

Re:“PayPal has demanded that we monitor data traffic as well... by wastedhours on Wednesday June 22, 2016 @06:33AM (#11952704)
Probably. At this stage, the integration with PayPal is as much for the user's benefit as it is the company's (Stripe has an easier integration path, and is elegant from a back end perspective), and it isn't the customers concern that a supplier might have their account frozen. We're looking at this from a company/developer perspective, but that's not the driver for it any more.