Paypal is about to accept Bitcoin, so it's in our interest that all goes well with Paypal now, even tho we don't really need this company to function, the Paypal brand is huge and if they adopt Bitcoin, a lot of clueless people that know Paypal (basically most average joes that do online shopping know Paypal) will now know Bitcoin.
Paypal will never be a "friend" even if it accepts bitcoin at some point.
True, paypal see an opportunity to make money, they're trying to take that opportunity. We'll have to see how they handle things when dealing with scammers.