Daniel Kahn Gillmor dijo [Mon, Apr 01, 2013 at 10:06:11AM -0400]: > I'm not moray, but i'll tell you mine: > > i used to have a paypal account. Then, they changed their terms of > service, and told me that i'd need to review and agree to their new > terms of service for me to continue having an account. I did not manage > to make the time to do a proper review of their complex legal document > before their deadline, so they suspended my account. I have not felt > the compulsion to wade through that sort of thing since then, so i don't > have such an account any more. > > I wonder how many people have actually reviewed and agreed to the terms > of service offered by paypal, compared to how many people have just > "agreed" to their ToS. I suspect the ratio is very small. I don't > think we do anyone any favors by further encouraging this sort of > widespread ignorant "opt-in" to what seems likely to be a one-sided and > arbitrary legal instrument. > > If more-reasonable options exist, i'd prefer that we offer them, but i > am afraid i don't have useful work hours to contribute to doing so.
Right. I am also basically a PayPal ex-user — Well, no, I am a user, but I avoid it whenever possible. I had chosen their service to avoid using a credit card (as they could work with debit), but at some point they caused me an amount of headache over my choice of bank. I ended up getting a credit card, and cursing each time I see PayPal. But then again, it seems to work for many people, and it's accepted by SPI (and by our sponsor). So, I'm not going to oppose a mechanism that can get DebConf (up to) an extra US$10K! > thanks to the folks who are working on this, and to the Brandorr group > for offering the matching fund in the first place. As they say nowadays, «+1». _______________________________________________ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team
