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		openplatypus on Feb 16, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: GitHub Sponsors will stop accepting PayPal on Febr... > In Germany, most people don't have a credit card because you don't need one in daily life. Highly inaccurate. We don't have typical Credit Cards, but Debit Card acting as Credit Card for online transactions are the norm.

fxtentacle on Feb 16, 2023 | [–]

VPAY cards like Postbank or Deutsche Bank (the biggest commercial bank) don't work with GitHub.

lima on Feb 16, 2023 | [–]

Still much less common to have that vs. a Paypal account :(

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