[Boudica]

I wonder what this means for PayPal. I think it's fair to say eBay is by far and large not their only source of income. It's little annoying from another perspective, since a lot of consumers love the ease of using PayPal for their shopping.

You've nailed It here ^

It's the consumers and businesses who'll feel the loss to some degree. Many companies use PayPal's gateway as their main form of payment, so both themselves and their customers will need to adapt to new payment systems which may not be In the best Interests of both entities.

Also, eBay has been advertising for decades about how much "safer" it is to use PayPal over sharing bank/card information. While I always knew it was marketing bollocks for their own gain, it still stands as a preferable choice to those who don't want their payment info stored with the company. There have been more than enough data leaks lately to make that an even more pressing issue.

This Is "the" reason why I use (where possible) PayPal and not my banking system for online transactions.

Personally, I think users should be given a choice as to what they want to use.

Enough said.

I've stood by this comment, from the moment I first hit the power button on my PC and navigated online- and that was a very long time ago.

I think I feel exactly the same as you on this matter. I'll always opt for PayPal over offering my debit card details xD

Choice is always the best route in my opinion!