It is written "currently"
Does it mean that someday it may change and will be changed? Expect they said: You never, it means forever.
This is still at the beginning of PayPal concerning crypto. SO, let them work and also develop. I believe that PayPal will always make certain evaluations and review about how it works and develop.
So, just too early to say that Bitcoin in PayPal is a scam.
Unless PayPal's customers revolt against the way they're functioning, it's never going to change. All they need is enough volume to keep it all going. If that ever changes (and I doubt it will), they would probably just back out of the crypto business or find yet another way to do their tricks.
The way they've begun working with cryptos tells, for me, everything about their intentions.