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?

  • Godort@lemmy.ca
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    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.

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      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.

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        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.

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      Which then redirects us to Cash. Not disagreeing with it, but I can understand others don’t want to always carry.