As a Braintree customer I am a little worried. I went with them for a number of reasons, but one of the big ones was the fact that they're not PayPal.

It doesn't make sense for Ebay to own 2 Paypals. The reason they bought Braintree in the first place is to extend their reach into a different market. Braintree customers chose Braintree because it is NOT Paypal. If I was you I wouldn't be worried too much. Just keep watching the quality of service you get from Braintree and if it starts going down too much, then change.

PayPal likely purchased them because they aspire to be more like Braintree.

A blog from the founder and CEO of Braintree Bill Ready explains that they will continue to work independently whilst adding value to PayPal's weak points; customer service and the younger consumer generation of customers. https://www.braintreepayments.com/blog/braintree-teaming-up-...

Is there any evidence of this? Besides 800m in cash

David Marcus has previously acknowledged that PayPal needs to improve: http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/09/david-marcus-paypal-custom...

Few things could qualify so wholeheartedly as a crock of shit, but your statement is one of them.

I should've supported my assertion with this: http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/09/david-marcus-paypal-custom...

If you still think I'm wrong, please be constructive about it.

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