I have been using PayPal off and on since 2012 for 2 main reasons.
1 - Convenience, I didn't have to enter a credit card every time I purchased from a site other than usual trusted sites where I store my payment information, like Amazon, and sending payments to friends/family was simple.
2 - Peace of mind.
I recently found that the assumption of (2) was wrong, so I fired PayPal. I don't want to get into the details. Beyond being therapeutic, it won't really make life better moving forward.
That brings me to the question, since I have fired PayPal, I am sure that someone will want to send me, or more likely, have me send them money. Before I go out and research the providers on my own, I thought I would come here. What do Soylentils suggest for peer to peer payments?
(Score: 3, Informative) by tibman on Thursday December 01 2016, @09:10PM
Hah, it's turtles all the way down? Braintree bought Venmo then Paypal bought Braintree.
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(Score: 3, Insightful) by Burz on Friday December 02 2016, @02:02AM
I think you mean it's "oligarchs all the way down". That's what a society with hugely unequal wealth means, everything becomes a sham for some huge corporate interest and most people are too poor to educate and organize against them.