{"id":4007,"date":"2012-10-29T08:55:46","date_gmt":"2012-10-29T12:55:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/?p=4007"},"modified":"2012-10-29T08:55:46","modified_gmt":"2012-10-29T12:55:46","slug":"paypal-is-now-evil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/?p=4007","title":{"rendered":"PayPal is now evil"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I use PayPal a lot. I initially started using the service for eBay purchases, but since, I’ve used it to sell calculators, to receive payments from advertisers, even to send money to family. I generally like PayPal. Indeed, I always considered them one of the “good guys”. After all, isn’t it PayPal’s very founder, Elon Musk, who seems to have single-handedly established the era of commercial spaceflight with his SpaceX venture?<\/p>\n

But now PayPal is notifying me of a policy update<\/a>. A policy update that is specifically designed to prevent users from using the court system. Yes, you can opt out, but you can only do so in a manner that is made intentionally difficult:<\/p>\n

“You can choose to reject this Agreement to Arbitrate (“opt out”) by mailing us a written opt-out notice (“Opt-Out Notice”).\u00a0 For new PayPal users, the Opt-Out Notice must be postmarked no later than 30 Days after the date you accept the User Agreement for the first time.\u00a0 If you are already a current PayPal user and previously accepted the User Agreement prior to the introduction of this Agreement to Arbitrate, the Opt-Out Notice must be postmarked no later than December 1, 2012. You must mail the Opt-Out Notice to PayPal, Inc., Attn: Litigation Department, 2211 North First Street, San Jose, CA 95131. “<\/p>\n

Yes, you need to use snail mail. Yes, the world’s leading digital payments company apparently lacks the ability to process an opt-out request electronically.<\/p>\n

Of course what it really is about is that they are counting on you and me not making the effort to put a stamp on an envelope.<\/p>\n

Which indeed I won’t. I never tried to sue PayPal in the past, nor do I have plans to do so in the future. And I will still use their services.<\/p>\n

But, I no longer consider them one of the “good guys”.<\/p>\n<\/fb:like>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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