PayPal is probably the biggest reason Trsst didn't go with Indiegogo. - Michael --- http://trsst.com 63%+ 8 days to go!
On Sep 5, 2013, at 11:56 AM, Yosem Companys <[email protected]> wrote: > They must have not heard about Diaspora: > > http://blog.flattr.net/2011/10/the-case-diaspora-and-their-frozen-45000/ > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: rysiek <[email protected]> > Date: Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 4:09 AM > Subject: PayPal freezes MailPile's account > To: [email protected] > > > Hi there, > > You might remember MailPile, the privacy-aware, encryption-supporting webmail: > http://mailpile.is/ > > Today PayPal froze MailPile's account with $45k on it: > http://www.mailpile.is/blog/2013-09-05_PayPal_Freezes_Campaign_Funds.html > http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/mailpile-taking-e-mail-back?c=activity > > PayPal's comment: > "Please provide an itemized budget and your development goal dates for your > project" > > MailPile team's comment: > "After going round and round on the phone with PayPal, I am left with the very > strong feeling that this entrpreneurial freedom is in jeopardy. If PayPal has > financial risks to mitigate, why is that specially true in our case? Are the > risks larger because we are successful?" > > inb4 "why would they use PayPal" -- from what I've heard they didn't plan it > originally but it was brought in by popular demand. > > -- > Pozdr > rysiek > > -- > Liberationtech is a public list whose archives are searchable on Google. > Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, > change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at > [email protected].
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