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by sadris 2717 days ago
Gab has been rejected from 18 banks.

So closer to 1.

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Can you prove, or at least find some evidence of conspiracy? Gab is an unpopular service, and doing business with them would become news and risk their other customers, so it's not too surprising that payment processors and banks choose to not to business with them.

I think it's less conspiracy and more defensive business strategy.

I wish payment processing and banking were more anonymous, and I'm very interested in projects like GNU Taler[1] that seek to find privacy conscious ways of doing transactions online. However, if they can't even find a bank to do business with them (or start one themselves), they're kind of screwed.

- [1] http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/taler/

18 banks isn't a lot.

Why do people care so much about Gab, but not gambling sites which have been successfully dealing with far worse problems for years now?