while this action is clear based on the sanctions, MasterCard, Visa and Paypal have not done themselves any favors based on the past actions of acting cartel like in other situations which were not based on sanctions.
It is easy (for me anyway) to see how some people could consider their actions to be in the same vein of their previous attempts to regulate the speech and actions of private individuals they find politically disagreeable. MC and Paypal being the much bigger offenders of that...
