Gregory's Server@batalanto @matzipan @BrianSmith950 @adam the point is without paypal the OSMF would be without a payment processor, nobody has any illusions about the company as such, using them is simply a practicality.
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 @simon @batalanto @matzipan @BrianSmith950 This is false. If it weren't for PayPal, OSMF would still be able to have payments processed via their bank or bitcoin. Here's a link to the documentation showing this: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Donations  @adam @batalanto @matzipan @BrianSmith950 there are things like credit cards that many many people prefer to use for such payments, and not supporting that would immediately eliminate a large number of potential donors. @batalanto @simon @adam @BrianSmith950 it has its advantages. I prefer paying by paypal instead of card because at least my card details can't be stolen. Happened to me before and it was very inconvenient. That I have to put up with privacy invasion because of this just shows that we don't have any strong European competitors to paypal 😓 @batalanto @mnalis @batalanto @adam @matzipan @BrianSmith950 while the initial version of the support.. page had a link to the payment options it was very easy to miss. @simon @BrianSmith950 @matzipan @adam @mnalis Indeed when I made that comment it was before the donations page evolved. The cryptocurrency option was not mentioned on either of the two donation pages at that moment. It was added later. |
@simon Why can’t OSMF use #gnuTaler instead of #paypal?
#askFedi
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