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Originally Posted by CommonReader
Why any customer should be keen on using the services of such a crappy services provider as PayPal is beyond me.
However, just as a public utility company cannot arbitrarily decide on who they want to do business with, so a payment company should not be allowed to discriminate in such a way, either.
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I think they use it because it allows fast, secure deposits and withdrawals without the risk of a paycheck getting lost or stolen from the mail. No other credit card handler that I know of is capable of handling paychecks the way PayPal is.
As for PayPal, its all contract law. There's no spirit to contract law, only letter. PayPal has a habit of refusing to do business with "adult content" stuff, so I'm surprised that Smashwords is even capable of processing erotica if PayPal is their credit card handler. PayPal is insanely conservative when it comes to stuff like that.
All that having been said; besti, incest, and pseudo-loli/shota are both things most people find highly disgusting and I'd consider niche market at best. They might even be illegal in some more conservative states. Smashwords rejecting them is highly understandable, and I'm not going to complain about this. Call it censorship if you want, but a niche market is a niche market.