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Originally Posted by Catlady
But why aren't you equally outraged that Smashwords can refuse certain material? Why do you think it's OK for Smashwords to have certain standards and rules, but not PayPal? It seems logically inconsistent to me. Smashwords gets to use its discretion about its business practices, but you are upset when PayPal does.
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Companies have to make decisions about the products they carry related to the service they are providing. When they step beyond the boundaries of the service they are providing and tell businesses how to run their business then I have a problem with it.
If a local variety store decides to not sell Playboy magazines because they hire young girls to run the cash register then I don't have a problem with it. If the power company refuses to provide them power unless they stop selling Playboy magazine then I have a problem with it. It has nothing to do with the scope of the service they are providing.
If PayPal wanted to market themselves as PuritanPal and as the payment provider for wholesome family entertainment then it's a different story. They would be limiting the scope of the services they provide subject to random audits of the products each vendor is selling. If a vendor signed up with them under those conditions then I wouldn't have a problem with it.