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They're reluctant to take on risk, but that doesn't mean they want to have to suss out what's safe for them to transact & what isn't. I'm sure they've had to grow headcount to tackle this expanding question, and they certainly don't consider it as driving up business value: it's a growing overhead to avoid risk, without cutting off too much business, and without becoming too visible/noteable for refusing service. None of these activities are in any way a win.


> that doesn't mean they want to have to suss out what's safe for them to transact

There is nothing "unsafe" about handling money for journalist outfits, yet they still police the space - and very arbitrarily too.




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