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Originally Posted by VydorScope
Since they are partners in this endeavor, they have to come to an agreement between themselves and Smash has decided that having PayPal is a bigger benefit to their business then having the stuff PayPal does not want to support. That is their right and I have no issue with that because its the private companies deciding their own destiny.
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Yes, this is a very important point: Smashwords values Paypal above it's authors.
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Originally Posted by VydorScope
Now, in a capitalistic system, the buyer gets to vote on this with their dollar. If you do not like this agreement that Smash and PayPal have, then do not do business with them.
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Absolutely: they can do what they like, and I don't have to deal with them.
But as both reader and writer, the dealbreaker for me is that Smashwords would choose to censor authors.
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Originally Posted by VydorScope
Under the American version of capitalism the government only gets involved when the corporation is perceived to be to powerful for the consumer to control with with their purchase decisions.
Hopefully that helps clear things up.
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Yes, thanks.