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Re:OSS maintainers are losing GitHub sponsors due to loss of... by LtWorf on Thursday March 09, 2023 @02:20AM (#35078997)
Last week I got my first ever donation (30$ of which PayPal took 2)!

Within the hour PayPal decided that I'm actually a scammer and decided to block my account forever.

No appeal possible.

There's a good reason to remove PayPal support…

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Re:OSS maintainers are losing GitHub sponsors due to loss of... by GoblinSlayer on Thursday March 09, 2023 @09:55AM (#35081782)
But it's rEgUlAtEd.
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Re:OSS maintainers are losing GitHub sponsors due to loss of... by cwillu on Friday March 10, 2023 @02:58AM (#35091710)
Even criminals know to do test-first development of their stolen credit card numbers.
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Re:OSS maintainers are losing GitHub sponsors due to loss of... by junon on Thursday March 09, 2023 @03:52AM (#35079448)
Meh. Good riddance, honestly. PayPal is a blight.
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Re:OSS maintainers are losing GitHub sponsors due to loss of... by 2253539242 on Thursday March 09, 2023 @07:39AM (#35080602)
om
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Re:OSS maintainers are losing GitHub sponsors due to loss of... by tracker1 on Thursday March 09, 2023 @12:37PM (#35084008)
Agreed...
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Re:OSS maintainers are losing GitHub sponsors due to loss of... by zodiakzz on Thursday March 09, 2023 @05:33AM (#35079962)
I thought PayPal's selling point is keeping one safe from shady sellers...? Personally I don't think Microsoft is gonna leak my CC details. Neither will an OSS developer run away after my donation (or if they do, it's not a huge deal).

So why don't these "sponsors" just use their Credit Card?

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Re:OSS maintainers are losing GitHub sponsors due to loss of... by stockerta on Thursday March 09, 2023 @09:34AM (#35081550)
Credit Cards aren't really popular outside North America.
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Re:OSS maintainers are losing GitHub sponsors due to loss of... by manuelmoreale on Thursday March 09, 2023 @10:20AM (#35082089)
I'm honestly curious about how and where you got this impression.
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Re:OSS maintainers are losing GitHub sponsors due to loss of... by Tanjreeve on Thursday March 09, 2023 @12:57PM (#35084334)
Live in UK. Went to the shop and paid with three seashells and a turnip.
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Re:OSS maintainers are losing GitHub sponsors due to loss of... by kramerger on Thursday March 09, 2023 @05:49AM (#35080047)
If you want to support FOSS developers, you should try librapay.
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Re:OSS maintainers are losing GitHub sponsors due to loss of... by bombolo on Thursday March 09, 2023 @06:01AM (#35080110)
But liberapay uses paypal or stripe to do the actual payments.
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Re:OSS maintainers are losing GitHub sponsors due to loss of... by sickcodebruh on Thursday March 09, 2023 @07:41AM (#35080609)
What is the context? The tweet references “the PayPal removal” and this post remarks on “loss of PayPal support” but nothing shows up when I search. Was there a policy change or event?
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Re:OSS maintainers are losing GitHub sponsors due to loss of... by nouryqt on Thursday March 09, 2023 @07:48AM (#35080644)
https://github.blog/changelog/2023-01-23-github-sponsors-wil...

Discussed here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34495502 and here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34816619

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Re:OSS maintainers are losing GitHub sponsors due to loss of... by joshuanapoli on Thursday March 09, 2023 @07:51AM (#35080662)
GitHub Sponsors stopped accepting PayPal at the end of February.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34816619

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