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The Free Software Foundation Europe was cancelled by their payment provider after refusing to hand over personal account data! (feddit.org)
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[–] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 10 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I understand the sentiment but payments are quite a bit more complex that people tend to realize. For most companies, handling payments directly without an intermediary is far too expensive, complex and risky.

Fuck MasterCard and VISA btw.

Source: I work for a PSP.