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A comment on Ask HN: How do you fight unjust bans from online platforms?.

Re:Ask HN: How do you fight unjust bans from online platforms? by seydor on Thursday November 24, 2022 @01:52AM (#33728463)
Demand regulation. It is astounding that e.g. paypal is not subject to the requirements that banks have
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Re:Ask HN: How do you fight unjust bans from online platforms? by autotune on Thursday November 24, 2022 @02:17AM (#33728586)
It's even more astounding consumers treat it like a bank, and even more that they use it in the first place over any number of alternatives available right now.
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Re:Ask HN: How do you fight unjust bans from online platforms? by seydor on Thursday November 24, 2022 @03:19AM (#33728915)
In europe, they are actually registered as a bank. I guess that has some legal consequences for european users. But overall the line between banks and these companies is blurred
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