HN is running like clockwork, I see. Soon, we'll have another post about how the Apple App Store policies screwed someone else over, complete with the usual hand-wringing and justifications from believers.
Why do people still use PayPal? This stuff is not news.
HN is running like clockwork, but it's because everyone has become an entitled developer and not an actual entrepreneur that analyzes a business decision rationally.
Use PayPal or don't. Just don't expect them to let you use it anyway you want.
Hey jackass. I am an actual entrepreneur that told PayPal to f'off AFTER they held several weeks of income hostage because I logged in from Shanghai. It's not the "entrepreneurs" that are the problem, it's the fact that a company like PayPal gets away with harming our businesses while catering to grandma's trading beanie babies. Developers and entrepreneurs alike STILL use PayPal -- at least until they themselves get burned. Stories like these are important because it should remind us to tell companies like PayPal where to go.
As far as "entitled" -- hell yes we're entitled. The developers here on HN make the apps that use the services like PayPal -- they/we have a right to demand that PayPal not suck. PayPal has a right to not listen, but we certainly have the right to complain and take our business elsewhere and as a community of spoiled, entitled, not-actual entrepreneurs we should ALL tell PayPal to pound sand.
I don't think we need mindless bitching anywhere. I think the site would benefit if more people showed up wearing their business hat and left their developer hat somewhere else.
I could be mistaken, but I thought that was the point of this forum in the first place.
I don't understand the "developer" vs "entrepreneur" distinction. It sounds condescending and patronizing. The OP isn't complaining because he's a developer, he's complaining because he had a bad experience with the service.
No matter which hat you wear, feedback is valuable. It updates my probability that I'll get screwed by PayPal a tiny bit higher.
Why do people still use PayPal? This stuff is not news.