▲ 701 ▼ Steam payment headaches grow as PayPal is no longer usable for much of the world: Valve hopes to bring it back in the future, 'but the timeline is uncertain' (www.pcgamer.com) submitted 1 year ago by themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/technology@lemmy.world 214 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works -1 points 1 year ago (3 children) This is to top up your account, not make a purchase. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (2 children) And that's back to my point of people not wanting to leave money places in case they want to buy a game in the future. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) Instead of leaving it in your bank account just in case? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] lennivelkant@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 year ago Money in my bank account I can spend on just about anything. If I realise "shit, I'm out of toilet paper", I can go to the grocery store and pay by EC, with the money in my bank account. The money that I keep in there, just in case there's something I want or need to spend money on literally anywhere. Besides, my bank is subject to my local jurisdiction and my own country's laws and regulations. If my money is with some US company, I can't be sure whether they'll suddenly go "sorry, pal, your money has been confiscated on some bullshit pretense you have no way of actually fighting back against". permalink fedilink source parent
[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (2 children) And that's back to my point of people not wanting to leave money places in case they want to buy a game in the future. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) Instead of leaving it in your bank account just in case? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] lennivelkant@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 year ago Money in my bank account I can spend on just about anything. If I realise "shit, I'm out of toilet paper", I can go to the grocery store and pay by EC, with the money in my bank account. The money that I keep in there, just in case there's something I want or need to spend money on literally anywhere. Besides, my bank is subject to my local jurisdiction and my own country's laws and regulations. If my money is with some US company, I can't be sure whether they'll suddenly go "sorry, pal, your money has been confiscated on some bullshit pretense you have no way of actually fighting back against". permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) Instead of leaving it in your bank account just in case? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] lennivelkant@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 year ago Money in my bank account I can spend on just about anything. If I realise "shit, I'm out of toilet paper", I can go to the grocery store and pay by EC, with the money in my bank account. The money that I keep in there, just in case there's something I want or need to spend money on literally anywhere. Besides, my bank is subject to my local jurisdiction and my own country's laws and regulations. If my money is with some US company, I can't be sure whether they'll suddenly go "sorry, pal, your money has been confiscated on some bullshit pretense you have no way of actually fighting back against". permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lennivelkant@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 year ago Money in my bank account I can spend on just about anything. If I realise "shit, I'm out of toilet paper", I can go to the grocery store and pay by EC, with the money in my bank account. The money that I keep in there, just in case there's something I want or need to spend money on literally anywhere. Besides, my bank is subject to my local jurisdiction and my own country's laws and regulations. If my money is with some US company, I can't be sure whether they'll suddenly go "sorry, pal, your money has been confiscated on some bullshit pretense you have no way of actually fighting back against". permalink fedilink source parent