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RE: Why Blockchain Technology will continue to fail to deliver by eturnerx

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· @eturnerx ·
$0.02
Small e-commerce operators pay through the nose and a hidden fee is that most e-commerce operators have almost zero defense against a refund claim because their transactions are card not present. The refund is often a penalty plus the full amount of the transaction (incl. the fee) too. 
PayPal doesn't work for many people; frozen funds, deplatformed - basically very very few rights and high fees.
The question I ask any FinTech is whether or not the current centralised ways of doing things add enough value to the economy relative to what they take out; I'm not convinced that's the case for much of the transactions that are going on.
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@supermeatboy ·
Valid points, I agree. The problems of existing solutions do not make BTC look any brighter although.

From the consumer viewpoint being able to refund purchases is of course a huge plus.
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@eturnerx ·
These points don't make BTC look better but they do point to something else perhaps having a place.
Consumers can already get refunds for purchases. A business that wants to preserve its reputation had better be refunding purchases even if they were done in BTC. Is it really worth all the extra fees as a consumer just to have the ability to force a refund? Sometimes yes, often time now.
Think of it this way - if you don't trust a company enough to put things right (via refund if due) then why deal with them in the first place?
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