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Re:XAI to pay Telegram $300M to integrate Grok into the chat... by rchaud on Wednesday May 28, 2025 @04:31PM (#44120384)
When was PayPal doing that? I remember having to create an account 20 years ago because they were the only payment processor option on Ebay, that seemed to be their moat. These days, I use Paypal as a "wallet" that's connected to my CC, to pay for stuff on sites where I don't want to put in my CC information.
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Re:XAI to pay Telegram $300M to integrate Grok into the chat... by akurtzhs on Wednesday May 28, 2025 @04:52PM (#44120550)
Paypal paid people to open an account or to refer new accounts early on. Inspired Dropbox to do the same thing with free storage.
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Re:XAI to pay Telegram $300M to integrate Grok into the chat... by edent on Wednesday May 28, 2025 @05:13PM (#44120722)
PayPal still regularly send out offers which pay new users.

https://www.paypal.com/uk/webapps/mpp/invite/terms

It is a common way for businesses to acquire customers.

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