PayPal adds “non-discouragement” clause to their User Agreement

Re:PayPal adds “non-discouragement” clause to their User Agr... by Animats on Saturday February 11, 2017 @02:37PM (#13624312)

Why is eBay so protective of PayPal? PayPal has been a separate company from eBay since 2015.

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Re:PayPal adds “non-discouragement” clause to their User Agr... by hazelnut on Saturday February 11, 2017 @03:46PM (#13624707)

They still got binding contracts. For example they have to have PayPal as a payment option till 2020 and a decent amount must be processed through PayPal. It might change after 2020.

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Re:PayPal adds “non-discouragement” clause to their User Agr... by DrScump on Saturday February 11, 2017 @06:48PM (#13625607)

With eBay, you have a new fraud vector to worry about:

eBay's "Buyer Protection" is a superset of the former Paypal-centric coverage such that if a buyer initiates a return against a seller, eBay can choose to make that buyer whole by charging the credit card you use for your eBay seller fees and memberships (if any), regardless of payment method used by the buyer.

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Re:PayPal adds “non-discouragement” clause to their User Agr... by iaw on Saturday February 11, 2017 @03:39PM (#13624677)

Presuming absolutely no shared financial interests and pretending there are no remaining synergies. The people who run ebay have to be close with the people that run Paypal...

The strategies that built paypal were in line with the ebay ethos.

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Re:PayPal adds “non-discouragement” clause to their User Agr... by hyperbovine on Saturday February 11, 2017 @03:37PM (#13624668)

eBay stockholders got PYPL shares 1:1 when they split. People who own lots of the former (eBay insiders & higher ups) have a large stake in the latter.

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