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@SebastianM6L @easyticketsapp

#european #payment #PayPal #eu #unplugtrump #unplugusa

A few days ago, in another mastodon discussion, I have proposed a cooperation of small shops.

There are European integrators of payment services. But they usually work with big shops, like Amazon, or AliBaba, or with big payment providers, like Paypal, or Stripe.

Such a coop should be big enough, to be considered a customer for those integrators.

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@ckrypto if@signalapp@mastodon.world wasn't complying with #CloudAct, @Mer__edith would be in jail.

Not to mention even if Signal keeps their "#OpenSource" code updated - which is doubtful, NOONE can actually #verify that it's the code you actually use - regardless if #backend / #Server or #client / #App!

  • #Signal is as secure as #ANØM, otherwise it would've been shutdown ages ago.

Also if Signal was designed for #security, it would've been #decentralized as #XMPP+#OMEMO and not demand #PII like #PhoneNumbers which oftentimes cannot be obtained anonymously in many juristictions at all!

By comparison, @delta doesn't require any PII, only an #eMail account, and @monocles isn't a #VCmoneyBurningParty but sustainable due to #subscription and they don't even require any personal details for #payment: #CashByMail and #Monero are accepted.

Again: It's Signal alone who have to evidence they are trustworthy, and all I get are "#TrustMeBro!" replies, which means they are not to be trusted.

  • Not to mention, it's just not sustainable to run a #service without #revenue, even if it's run entirely by unpaid volunteers and gets all it's #hosting and #costs donated, someone has to pay for expenses due to #abuse of a service (which is an inevitability come mass adoption)...

Whereas with #XMPP I can completely setup my own server and client, even build my own if I don't trust anyone else and pay someone to audit the code.

Whereas with XMPP & PGP/MIME #eMail I can layer @torproject / #Tor over it, make it an #OnionService and keep that thing under my bed with a literal killswitch...

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@kuketzblog das größte Problem si d #Zahlungsdienstleister.

  • Wer mit mit "#wero statt #PayPal!" kommt, kauft offensichtlich nirgendwo online ein und außerhalb der #EU ist dies genauso wie #SEPA keine Option, sondern allenfalls lokale Nische alla #AliPay / #WeChatPay und nicht global verfügbar.

Merke: rein regionale oder gar nationale Lösungen sind keine Alternative zum #VISA / #MasterCard / PayPal - #Tripol und sowohl #Stripe als auch #Klarna sind nicht wirklich konkirrenzfähig.

Eher werden wir #Monero als #Zahlungsmittel beim Durchbruch in den globalen Mainstream sehen!

Wann lernt es die Gastronomie endlich?

Wann lernt es die Gastronomie endlich, dass wir als Kunden nicht nur bar zahlen wollen? Da werden die tollsten Ausreden gefunden, warum nur Barzahlung möglich ist.

Gestern Abend wieder eine spannende Erfahrung in einem #Restaurant zum Thema #Kartenzahlung gemacht.

Einen Tisch online reserviert. Pünktlich zum reservierten Termin kamen w

▶️ nighthawk.friendnet.eu/wann-le

Nighthawk · Wann lernt es die Gastronomie endlich? - NighthawkWann lernt es die Gastronomie endlich, dass wir als Kunden nicht nur bar zahlen wollen? Da werden die tollsten Ausreden gefunden, warum nur Barzahlung möglich ist.

A quotation from Will Rogers

The trouble with the farmer up to now has been that every time somebody has thought of relief for him it has been to make it so he could borrow more money. That’s what’s the matter with him now. What he needs is some way to pay back. Not some way to borrow more.

Will Rogers (1879-1935) American humorist
Column (1927-02-27), “Weekly Article: Big Bouts for Farm Relief”

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/rogers-will/75676/