> ... because buyers trust it.

I did until October 2022, when PayPal published an update to its Acceptable Use Policy that threatened to fine users $2,500 for promoting "misinformation".

Like they were the arbiters of what is misinformation and worthy of economic penalty. While it was later rescinded, it was beyond the pale. It's proof that something is corrupt and completely out to lunch in their management, and I won't sign up again after deleting my account in protest.

Edit: So apparently they only removed the misinformation clause, and they may still seize $2,500 of your money if they alone decide you are guilty of "...the promotion of hate, violence, racial or other forms of intolerance that is discriminatory or the financial exploitation of a crime...". People are worried about authoritarianism, yet meekly cede such powers to a corporation? It boggles the mind.

> People are worried about authoritarianism, yet meekly cede such powers to a corporation? It boggles the mind.

The libertarian answer is that corporations cannot threaten your freedom because you always have a choice of whether to deal with them or not.

The libertarian answer is also mostly bullshit, but there is a kernel of a seed of a nugget of truth in there somehow.