Which of these is the least evil option?
from zdhzm2pgp@lemmy.ml to privacy@lemmy.ml on 27 May 23:04
https://lemmy.ml/post/30763390

cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/30717996

Amazon and PayPal being out of the running of course. FWIW, I think Mullvad uses Stripe . . . šŸ¤”

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propter_hog@hexbear.net on 27 May 23:08 next collapse

Iā€™m behind the times. Amazon is obvious, but why is PayPal bad?

unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de on 27 May 23:29 next collapse

Big Monopoly and founded by Elon Musk and Peter Thiel among others.

newcool1230@lemm.ee on 28 May 00:47 next collapse

the fees are horrendous and they are able to close your account at anytime and lock you out of money.

catloaf@lemm.ee on 28 May 05:28 collapse

This. If you really have to do business with PayPal, do not ever keep a balance with them. If they close your account, they will keep that money.

idriss@lemm.ee on 28 May 01:22 collapse

Check trustpilot, Paypal is universally known to be a dis-functional piece of junk. People perma banned for no reason, scammers still using it without issue, transactions are a hit or miss, you need one account by country (if you happen to go overseas and have a bank account there). I used it like 4 times: paid for goods twice, received a salary, sent my wife some money during covid then we got both perma-banned with 0 reasons given.

myself@lemmy.ml on 27 May 23:34 next collapse

Cash on delivery

autonomoususer@lemmy.world on 28 May 04:23 collapse

No, only they control the money printers.

TachyonTele@lemm.ee on 27 May 23:35 next collapse

You. For making the picture so small i canā€™t read anything in it.

zdhzm2pgp@lemmy.ml on 28 May 00:12 next collapse

Oh, sorry šŸ™. Are you on mobile or desktop?

TachyonTele@lemm.ee on 28 May 02:25 collapse

Mobile

<img alt="" src="https://lemm.ee/pictrs/image/1aa49f95-61ed-4fb2-bc71-2a907cf5418e.png">

It might be a ml server thing. Iā€™ve come across other posts with small pics before.

dubyakay@lemmy.ca on 28 May 04:20 collapse

Looks fine for me when I zoom in.

<img alt="" src="https://lemmy.ca/pictrs/image/5d17d704-9566-4196-bba5-0d466fcbd422.png">

TVA@thebrainbin.org on 28 May 00:19 next collapse

Looks fine for me with mobile app, Interstellar, fwiw, not even a little bit blurry.

who@feddit.org on 28 May 02:09 next collapse

That image has plenty of resolution to be legible. Try zooming in.

N0x0n@lemmy.ml on 28 May 02:25 collapse

<img alt="" src="https://lemmy.ml/pictrs/image/7dd249d2-8db9-47cf-bbc1-8618a178c30e.jpeg">

cygnus@lemmy.ca on 27 May 23:40 next collapse

Depending on the use case you might want to narrow this down by how many are compatible with your needs. Stripeā€™s API for example is extremely versatile.

HakFoo@lemmy.sdf.org on 28 May 00:35 next collapse

If your software supports authorize.net, you can often use some other gateways with a drop-in compatible API by changing the endpoint.

dubyakay@lemmy.ca on 28 May 04:19 collapse

I work with A.Net a lot and holy shit their API is hot garbage.

HakFoo@lemmy.sdf.org on 28 May 04:41 collapse

In 2006, it was the least hot garbage choice though.

gsv@programming.dev on 28 May 00:35 next collapse

SEPA is the direct banking standard in Europe. Basically every transaction between banks follows that standard. If youā€™re doing business in Europe, thatā€™s the most direct way you can go. Many other companies and their transactions follow the SEPA standard somewhere anyway. An SEPA mandate is pretty safe for the customer, too. It can be canceled by the account owner at any time. It does not have any additional insurance layer, though.

idriss@lemm.ee on 28 May 01:23 next collapse

XMR, Kaspa or LTC with mweb

ThatGuyNamedZeus@feddit.org on 28 May 01:50 next collapse

Anything controlled by a centralized bank is evil.

utopiah@lemmy.ml on 28 May 07:00 collapse

Evil in what sense? Privacy? Ecology? Transaction fee? Reliance on FLOSS? Decentralization?

BarHocker@discuss.tchncs.de on 28 May 10:39 collapse

Yes