PayPal be gone! After I-don't-know-how-many-years, I closed my account. It was surprisingly easy and pain-free, unlike certain other sites I've closed.

I switched to #Helcim which was also surprisingly easy and pain-free. Special thanks to Monish for the online meeting where he answered all my questions and gave me pointers which will prove valuable.

That's the last USA-based organisation I deal with, but one. The one exception is #ThePlanetarySociety. I can't hold it against them that Carl Sagan was American. Oh, and #scientificamerican. I have almost every issue since about 1974, can't break that streak!

I just remembered, I also have a subscription to #finewoodworking. I don't know what I'll do about that one.

I want to avoid using #Stripe

- It's US-based, and I'm a political target
- Stripe is hosting Zuck as a keynote speaker
- They're getting cozy with AI

I want suggestions/insight on anything

Current frontrunner, can anyone tell me thoughts about #Helcim as a company/recurring payment processor? I'm considering them because:

- Based in Canada
- Messaging about putting people first, which I generally don't trust with any company, but given that I live in the US, the fact that it's not visibly white supremacy makes a difference
- I wish that was a joke
- User experience seems smooth on both sides of the transaction.
- International payments
- Don't need a US address