• I_like_cats@lemmy.oneOP
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      What? This meme is about a transaction between two trans people but that doesn’t mean all Paypal users are trans. But I agree that PayPal is proprietary software and should be banished. I will delete my account now. I planned to do it for a while but haven’t got around to it yet

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        Naw, the meme just makes it appear negative that they don’t see what’s going on with their money. I I interpreted that as them being ignorant of what happens with their money, yet still use the service. Which yes, I would consider dumb… Just my opinion though, feel free to share yours.

        Edit: Oh right, forgot to answer the question. I use graphene OS, so no worries about evil Google snacking on my data. (And Jerboa for Lemmy)

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            True, I didn’t. You got me there, I’m a proprietary bootloader using, apples feet kissing, winbliws using consoomer… Is it possible to change the bootloader on a pixel 6?

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        Why use a third-party at all? It’s been trivial to send money via bank transfer for a long time, check your banking app or website and you’ll likely find a way to send money with just an account number + sort code. If your country has a system like faster payments the transfer will be near-instant too.

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          America has Zelle which does instant money transfers by email/phone. It’s private but it works in my banking app, is totally free, and is instant

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            Zelle is a private company and not “America” wide. Your bank has to support it.

            Otherwise, youre stuck in the paypal/venmo/cashapp loop with the rest of us.

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            Okay? But you presumably do still have an account with a bank or building society, right? So why use a third party when you can request a transfer from them directly?

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          Not in America! Every bank transfer is a series of hoops that is a pain to jump through which take days to update.