I know of the sitewide rips on TorrentGalaxy, but they don’t have the newer stuff. Any site which tracks everything that gets uploaded to it?

  • energyEnglish
    148·
    1 year ago

    I’m sorry, are you expecting to be able to mail them cash or something? And please don’t say crypto…

      • energyEnglish
        9·
        1 year ago

        I never said that, just disputing the claim that credit cards are “not usual in the civilized world”. CC is absolute the norm for mass-market b2c services, and to claim otherwise is pure ignorance

        • andreluis034@lm.put.tfEnglish
          5·
          1 year ago

          In Europe I would say debit cards are way more common than credit cards. It’s very rare to see someone paying with a credit card.

          • energyEnglish
            3·
            1 year ago

            Oh sure, debit vs credit is largely a non-distinction here since debit cards are generally on the same network: Visa or less commonly MasterCard. So unless there are other business-related reasons to deny debit cards (currency conversion or cross-border regulations maybe?), they should be handled by the same processor as a credit card and usually for a much lower transaction fee too!

      • energyEnglish
        5·
        1 year ago

        PayPal is mostly a CC middleman at this point, with some banking features purely so they can profit off the float of positive account balances.

        PSA: don’t keep any money in a PayPal account. They can and do “freeze” accounts and unless you have a buddy who works there good luck ever seeing it again.

        • what@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          PayPal also supports debit cards which is great for countries where owning a credit card is rare. I don’t own a credit card and I know very few people who do.

          • energyEnglish
            1·
            1 year ago

            I’m US based and always use credit cards online (and pay them off every month of course) for the strong consumer protections they offer vs debit: $0 fraud liability, extended warranties, and rewards points/travel miles.

            I’m curious about your experience here: have you ever encountered a scenario where you wanted to use your debit card, but the merchant only accepted credit cards?

      • qtj@feddit.deEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        I payed my nebula subscription with google pay which goes through PayPal.