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.
Yes, but it's not an opportunity to make money. It's desperation not to loose money.
Paypal = ebay ... ebay had a significant security breach not long ago, with the majority of its users' addresses and password hashes sniffed by hackers. So Paypal should better:
1) shut up because of no credibility
2) shut down because of bitcoin
It's better for everyone to see these crooks vanish.
ya.ya.yo!