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by leorocky 4401 days ago
I use PayPal every day nearly. I like Stripe, Square not so much. I don't know, the people that seem to complain about PayPal are people who take donations but aren't registered non-profits and even if PayPal was evil, I doubt any of these boycotts have made a difference.

Stripe exists because they have a really awesome API and they make refunds super easy without penalties.

Square exists because Jack Dorsey is able to drum up a lot of VC money and engineering talent from followers of his personality cult. Not a lot of profitable business though, apparently.