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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: wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Do

13 Aug 2023 at 9:33 | Wall-to-wall | Open on hax0rbana.social
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Simon Poole replied to Adam

@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.

13 Aug 2023 at 11:17 | Open on en.osm.town
Contradiction Finder replied to Simon

@simon
I’m willing to pay for things by credit card iff:

* cash & crypto are not options
* the payment processor is not Paypal

I ate in a restaurant recently & in a rare circumstance cash was not an option for me. So I paid by card. Then the receipt mentioned some #Paypal subsidiary. I was so disgusted to find that paypal snagged my payment details & benefited from something I did despite being offline in a brick&mortar shop. I was tricked into going against my #boycott.

Anyway, whenever I’m paying online by credit card, I always check to see if they also accept Paypal, which then triggers me to do some deeper checks on whether my visa/mc/amex payment will traverse Paypal systems. If yes, I walk.

@adam @matzipan @BrianSmith950

@simon
I’m willing to pay for things by credit card iff:

* cash & crypto are not options
* the payment processor is not Paypal

I ate in a restaurant recently & in a rare circumstance cash was not an option for me. So I paid by card. Then the receipt mentioned some #Paypal subsidiary. I was so disgusted to find that paypal snagged my payment details & benefited from something I did despite being offline in a brick&mortar shop. I was tricked into going against my #boycott.

13 Aug 2023 at 12:06 | Open on todon.nl
matzipan replied to Contradiction

@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 😓

13 Aug 2023 at 18:04 | Open on hachyderm.io
Matija Nalis replied to Contradiction
Simon Poole replied to Matija

@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.

18 Aug 2023 at 16:12 | Open on en.osm.town
Contradiction Finder replied to Simon

@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.

19 Aug 2023 at 8:59 | Open on todon.nl
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