[HN Gopher] PayPal shuts account of parents' group that campaign...
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       PayPal shuts account of parents' group that campaigned to keep
       schools open
        
       Author : bananapear
       Score  : 27 points
       Date   : 2022-09-22 21:24 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.telegraph.co.uk)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.telegraph.co.uk)
        
       | rvz wrote:
       | Given that Flipper [0] encountered the same problems of PayPal
       | seizing $1.3M that they earned without any explanation and are
       | holding it for months, it only tells you why it makes zero sense
       | to keep using PayPal as they WILL do it to anyone for no reason
       | and essentially kill you business or suffocate your non-profit.
       | 
       | Before you scream: "PaYpAL iS a pRiVAtE cOmPAny aNd cAn dO THiS",
       | "iF yOu folLoW tHEiR TOS, iT wOnT hApPen tO yOu", etc they gave
       | no reason and locked their funds without any explanation and went
       | silent. PayPal doesn't care about who it is [1] and will do it to
       | whoever and whenever they like, with little to no reason given.
       | 
       | [0] https://twitter.com/flipper_zero/status/1567194641610465281
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       | [1] https://twitter.com/llsceptics/status/1567658400573448192
        
         | thrownawaysz wrote:
         | Isn't the problem that Flipper is a russian company?
         | Considering the sanctions I would think the problem lies
         | somewhere there.
        
         | metadat wrote:
         | What alternative solution do you propose, bud?
        
           | rvz wrote:
           | I'll tell you. Any service that gives an explanation of ToS
           | violations and doesn't arbitrarily lock and ransom your money
           | and fall silent; such as AlignPay [0]. The last resort is to
           | accept and use crypto or stablecoins.
           | 
           | [0] https://alignpay.com
        
             | metadat wrote:
             | Sounds good to me. Cheers and thank you.
        
         | Arrath wrote:
         | This is why I stopped using paypal over a decade ago. Their
         | ability to unilaterally shut down your account and seize the
         | contents was just too much for me.
        
       | dr_dshiv wrote:
       | In the Netherlands, the teachers unions campaigned to keep
       | schools open for kids during Covid. Honorable, IMO.
       | 
       | We need a postmortem of the whole Covid event.
        
       | MintDice wrote:
        
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