> provided a net value to society.
It helped increase net commerce on the internet. We also know that this increase in commerce contributes to climate change.
The reality is we can't escape the second law of thermodynamics. So whenever we do anything of 'value' we must necessarily produce waste.
To actually make the statement 'provided net value to society' you have to prove that the waste paypal produced was worth it.
Can you prove that?
We have a heatwave now in the PNW that is exasperated because of global warming. What if the waste we produced (in the form of CO2, and other heat trapping gasses which paypal most certainly increased) isn't worth it? What if we threaten our existence on this planet or organized human life?
So unless you did the math, it's just magical thinking that paypal produced net value.
