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PayPal owns brands like Venmo, Honey and is heavily integrated into eBay - if you're looking to stop giving your money to bad companies, take a second to search their subsidiary brands as well. (brandsownedby.com)
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[–] CidVicious@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

You mention that PayPal was bought by eBay (in 2002) but not that it was spun off again in 2015. They're separate companies. If anything, Venmo is a competitor of PayPal.

[–] frog_brawler@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago

If anything, Venmo is a competitor of PayPal

Yes, just like how Coke is a competitor to Diet Coke and Sprite.

[–] Snapz@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

If anything, Venmo is a competitor of PayPal.

PayPal.. owns Venmo?

Again, you are weird to spend energy defending semantics around this corporation.. are you okay, bud? Temporarily embarrassed millionaire?

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 hours ago

Correcting misinformation isn't defense of the entities involved. You can hate eBay (or any entity) and correct misinformation about them. There's no conflict there.