Title... Honestly, I'm just tired of funding monsters, just because we've gotten used to using their platforms.
Besides Crypto, which is what I imagine a lot of people would say (and Props, if Monero), CCs, and Cash (the tried and true) are there any other avenues?
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Godort@lemmy.ca · 19 pts · 182d
A paypal alternative needs to be accepted in most places for it to be viable.
Basically the only thing that meets that criteria is a credit card. And even then, you're almost limited to Visa and MasterCard as the others aren't always accepted.
EntheoNaut@lemmy.ml · 10 pts · 182d
I'd guess that all financial institutions are awful monsters and likely isn't even a lesser of evils option. I've been lifetime banned from PayPal, CashApp and Zelle; I was helping a sexy content seller process her funds for a few years. It was honestly a great side hustle and easily banked 10k over 4 years. Bummed when they finally banned me, stopped helping her so I could preserve the few pay portals I still had.
I think a money app that accepted nsfw sellers would do well with a niche market.
KoboldCoterie@pawb.social · 11 pts · 182d
It's really a great example of the problem: Your ability to conduct commerce has been heavily limited at the whims of a few corporations. That really shouldn't be able to happen.
Heyla@quokk.au · 2 pts · 182d
What about using Nostr with lightning Paiment ?
I know it's not the best, but for emergency....
Solrac@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 182d
Which then redirects us to Cash. Not disagreeing with it, but I can understand others don't want to always carry.
Ziggurat@jlai.lu · 7 pts · 182d
Good old Bank transfer, and what about cash?
jlow@discuss.tchncs.de · 6 pts · 182d
Wero, cash, bank transfer
gtr@programming.dev · 6 pts · 182d
GNU Taler
notsosure@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 182d
Here you go: https://buy-european.net/en/alternative-to/paypal
Solrac@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 182d
This list is pretty sick! But, what about for the US (Im from PR, so I sadly count as part of it) And maybe I'm being silly, but are these regionally popular? Or are they inter-operable?
notsosure@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 182d
I don’t know the situation in USA or Puerto Rico. Yes, they are popular and their popularity is increasing rapidly since the Orange-tufted Mushroomdick took power, with support from the EU. Especially Wero is being built out.
gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 182d
Wero, but it's only available in continental EU
chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 182d
What do you use Paypal for?