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Originally Posted by JJArgus
Smashwords previously set very minimal standards, mostly dealing with illegal material such as underage sex. And Smashwords is the retailer. It does get to decide what it sells. Paypal and the CC companies are mostly monopolistic money processors and as long as what their customers sell is legal they should keep their noses out of it. You might not like strip clubs, for example, but do you think the phone company and power company should be able to refuse to provide services on moral grounds?
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The (fixed-line) phone company and power company are public utilities, with local monopolies. They do not have the same freedom to reject customers that other businesses would have.