let's be honest here, PayPal 99.9% of the time will work just fine, be instant and without any issues.
And bitcoin 99.9% of the time will work just fine. This doesn't change the fact that PayPal transaction can be reversed for months after it has been sent, and can be done by literally sending one email. It is much harder to reverse a zero confirmation bitcoin transaction, and essentially impossible to reverse after an hour or two.
Sell something with Bitcoin and get screwed over, good luck on getting those funds back.
This betrays your entire mindset. You see decentralization and immutability as a negative, rather than the positive it is.
They both have pros and cons but lets not pretend here that for all payments you're waiting 6 months
I never said you were waiting 6 months, but similarly, lets not pretend that what you say about waiting days for every bitcoin transaction is true either.
As soon as a bitcoin transaction is broadcast, before it has any confirmations, I will still see it show up in my wallet, and I can still send those funds on to someone else. Can it be reversed and therefore cancel my ongoing transaction? Yes, for around 10 minutes, on average. As soon as a PayPal transaction is made, I will see it show up in my account, and I can send those funds on to someone else. Can it be reversed and leave me out of pocket? Yes, for around 6 months.
well if you're going to go down that route that it's 'my fault'
Please point out where I ever said it was your fault. All I said was that your transaction were poorly configured, and if you paid 25% of your transaction value in fees as you state, then that is simply a statement of fact. I agree that there is plenty of work to be done to make bitcoin as simple as possible for everyone to use, but using it poorly is hardly an argument against its entire existence.