Yahoo Shuts Down Their PayPal Competitor

LostCluster writes "MSNBC and ZDnet are both reporting that Yahoo and HSBC have announced a shutdown plan for their PayDirect service which was their rival to PayPal. Since CitiBank abandoned their c2it service last year, PayPal now seems to be a monopoly by default." There are other players in this field, though, like bidpay and worldpay.

Comments

Re:Nigging out?

[Canth7]

Rather than suggest the word should be removed, it simply seems better to moderate and ignore. Free speech still rules in importance, except when deemed a direct public menace - screaming "fire" in a movie theatre, etc.

Re:Neg

[Grym]

"...it is also reasonable to think that the origin of the "N-word" came from a bully's(cracker) pun on the phonetic and inferior similarities with "renege" and 'niggardly'." [Emphasis mine]

This is ridiculous. You mean to tell me that while you're against the use of any word that even sounds like a black racial slur under the idiotic assumption that the words are tangentially related, you see nothing wrong with using an actual WHITE racial slur at the same time you express your righteous indignation?

What ever happened to your hypersensitivity and supposed consideration for the psychology of the reader? Are only black people deserving of tolerance?

Let's be honest, this really isn't about tolerance anyway, is it?

-Grym

Re:Free Speech, Exactly

[Concerned Onlooker]

No they ain't!. The former might result in a panic and thus people actually being hurt. Who you say fuck in front of is a manner of your personal fucking taste.

I realize that Slashdot is not the place to peddle this idea, but what's wrong with a little civility? Of course you have a right to free speech, but why does free speech always have to be so coarse? Too much Sopranos?

The zeal for "free speech" takes us in a race to the bottom, which is fine for you, but I would like for other people to show me a modicum of consideration in public speaking and writing. Using your favorite expletives is much more fun for you than it is for those around you.

You may think it's cool to say such words around chilren, but let me remind you that chilren are not small adults, they are going through development phases and have way different sensitivities. In fact, they have sensitivities, a concept you might not be familiar with.

So lighten up. Bringing a bit more civility into language does not mean being a prude, nor does it mean censorship. Your post was not insightful, it was merely a juvenile rant.