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dm8 on Aug 8, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Jack Dorsey: Today Starbucks Signed up for Square

> yet another fee leech that is compiling a list of my purchases to sell to annoying advertising companies.

Square's business model is transactional. It's not advertising based!

fredsanford on Aug 8, 2012 [–]

Read closer.

"compiling a list of my purchases" Visa, Amex, Discover, Mastercard... All do this and are transactional.

"to sell to annoying advertising companies" And this.

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