They changed their mind. But they are contracting themselves.
First they say that they are against regulations such as AOPP.
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We underestimated how this feature would be received, and we are against the regulations that concern AOPP. Adopting AOPP was a small step toward improving usability for a portion of our customers with restricted access to bitcoin. It was not a step taken due to any external pressure, regulatory or otherwise, and no similar implementations are planned.
But a few lines later, they say that they discussed that subject for almost a year with no opposition, and they did not expected any
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The question of whether we should support AOPP had been discussed publicly for almost a year with no opposition.
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Our company operates with maximum transparency and we did not expect this feature to be controversial.
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Our company operates with maximum transparency and we did not expect this feature to be controversial.
How come you didn't expect any opposition if you are against this kind of regulation in the first place? The opposition should have come from inside.