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Re:“PayPal has demanded that we monitor data traffic as well... by nailer on Tuesday June 21, 2016 @10:15AM (#11945728)
They probably mean either big screw ups, or hundreds of thousands of little ones. Eg, trying to circumvent banking laws, allowing donations to the KKK while refusing to cater to wikileaks, seizing funds from well known legitimate businesses, UX anti patterns (eg fake endorsements from the site), Braintree not understanding why you'd want to use CSP to stop someone stealing credit card details, etc.

I don't want to victim blame, but if you work in tech, and still involve PayPal in your business in any way you shouldn't be surprised about the outcome. Use Stripe, use GoCardless. Paypal Has To Go®.

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Re:“PayPal has demanded that we monitor data traffic as well... by Bartweiss on Tuesday June 21, 2016 @10:54AM (#11946036)
And I think that "shouldn't be surprised" is what ultimately threatens to kill Paypal.

I wouldn't ever use Paypal as a primary or exclusive channel for a startup, and I'm not alone. It may not become publicly hated, but if companies end up too scared to give it traffic, it will still die.

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