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by irq-1 3945 days ago
People use PayPal for the same reason banks use email, not because either is secure or reliable, but simply because people make decisions by following the crowd. As long as people think PayPal (or Yelp) has a big crowd of users, they'll use it's popularity as a substitute for critical selection, and consider it a "legitimate" choice.