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About 3 or 4 years ago PayPal added the option to buy cryptocurrency, which I thought I’d try. (Dumb idea 🙄)

Part of the sign up process was glitched. I retried and clicked submit one too many times, I guess. Now I’ve been unable to use PayPal for years. They blocked me because THEIR SITE was broken, but the web page essentially accuses me of being a criminal and asks for my bank records. No way in hell.

This was just for me to pay others. I can only imagine how awful PayPal is if you are a vendor.

Fuck PayPal.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I feel it's speculative something like electricity was speculative in the early days of electricity when people were doing it wrong and burning down their houses and people laughed at electricity like who would ever want that and now we can't really live without it. I will agree, cash is a bearer asset and untraceable and therefore is very good. The only real problem with cash is that it's based on the monetary policy of the governmyth that issues it. They make bad decisions and you suffer for it.

Edit: That and it's kind of hard to stuff cash bills into my computer and get them to come out on the other side halfway across the world.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Don’t get me wrong, crypto definitely has its uses. But other than national or international transactions that I‘d prefer to be untraceable, from a European perspective, it seems to be too unwieldy for day to day use. At least for the foreseeable future.

I use PayPal because it quicker and easier than grabbing cash from an ATM or to pay online. I use Apple Pay, because it’s quicker and easier than searching my wallet. Crypto would ad at least a step or two to any of those processes. It’s neither quicker nor easier.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

And that's a totally legitimate viewpoint. I am using it and helping to smooth out the edges so that when you are ready to use it, you will be able to and have the experience that you expect to have. I am willing to put up with the rough edges and difficulties now in order to make your life easier in the future.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Fair. That’s partially why I use Linux while most people are still stuck with Microsoft.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

But why would I use Linux when Windows comes pre-installed when I buy the computer and I don't have to use the command line? /s

I've been a Linux user since 2010 and wouldnt dream of using windows as a daily driver ever again. If you are capable of running Linux, you are more than capable of using crypto. Whether you choose to or not is your own decision, but you are capable of doing so.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Once Linux is up and running it’s up and running. If I want to use crypto I have to go out of my way to use it for every transaction. I switched to Linux once Windows got more annoying than Linux was.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Which just means we need to continue to simplify the interfaces for crypto. That way, when OP is locked out of their PayPal account, they will just decide to say fuck it. I will use crypto because it's easier than dealing with getting my PayPal account back. Make using crypto simple enough that people would ask themselves why take the risk in using the legacy financial system when my money could be confiscated at any time for any reason with no explanation required.