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elementary OS: PayPal account banned for “unusual activity” (mastodon.social)
submitted 2 months ago by to c/linux@programming.dev
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[–] 5 points 2 months ago (12 children)

elementary OS should really just move away from them

To where?

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  • [–] 9 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    Maybe IBAN/SWIFT

    Crypto?

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  • [–] 9 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    AFAIK, getting actual money into and more importantly, out of Crypto, to pay for things like food, not to mention picking one, is "non-trivial".

    As for IBAN/SWIFT, that's like publishing your bank account details online which has a whole lot of other risks associated with it, least of which is people supplying your details to a charity of their choice.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 months ago*

    AFAIK, getting actual money into and more importantly, out of Crypto, to pay for things like food, not to mention picking one, is “non-trivial”.

    Yes, but it is achievable. Routing around financial censorship is one of the things crypto is good at, because the rest of the financial system is designed to support people being cut off from its use at the whims of payment providers and governments.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago* (3 children)

    Ideally cryptocurrencies, that's what I usually use to donate to FOSS projects nowadays.

    But aside from that Liberapay and Ko-fi seem to work fine for a ton of projects.. this is assuming the project maintainers(s) are able to set up Stripe to receive the donation money afterwards.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Stripe and PayPal are both used by Liberapay as their payment processor, both of which have a track record of holding funds and blocking accounts without any due process or right of dispute.

    AFAIK ko-fi uses Stripe.

    Paying for food using crypto, let alone picking the "right" one seems like another dead end.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    Crypto is another beast. It would be a superior choice if stable coins built on with privacy in mind, such as monero where popular. But the fact is different, there isn't a clear consensus as to what currency is for what purpose. There is also other issues, but oh well.

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