pete_nash said:The trade-off is reversibility against privacy and there is no option that gives you both.
Agreed, and one detail people underrate: an irreversible payment removes your only leverage in a dispute, so it should be the last step rather than the first.
paige_pharma said:Right, and one flattering data point from a group buy is not consistency.
This is exactly what I could not find anywhere else. Printing the relevant bit and taking it with me.
pete_nash said:The trade-off is reversibility against privacy and there is no option that gives you both.
I read this differently. The confidence in this thread is running ahead of the evidence, and I would rather the uncertainty were stated than smoothed over because it is unsatisfying.
Worth separating that from paying for it, which this thread keeps folding into the same question. They behave differently and the advice does not transfer.
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