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This is to purchase VPN service. What your saying is equivalent to 7-11 pressuring Visa to stop processing payments with gun shops because guns are used to rob 7-11s.


Let's remove the politicizing and make it a better analogy in any event: It's equivalent to 7-Eleven pressuring Visa to stop processing payments with ski shops because people who rob 7-Eleven stores often wear ski masks.


That's not what he's saying. The criminals using VPNs to defraud people are also paying for those VPNs with stolen credit cards -- go figure, right? Selling VPNs has a high chargeback risk. It's hard to get a merchant account for selling any category of service with a high chargeback risk. They're not singling out VPN providers for any other reason.


is it just me or does this actually sound like a good idea?




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