Does anybody know how (if?) this was resolved? A quick google doesn't throw anything recent up.
From my perspective PayPal looks awfully similar to Google in the sense they're both founded with good intentions, but in practice, the mistakes they commit always generate huge waves of doubt. Another similarity is that they barely have competition in their primary fields, at least for my needs.
Doesn't Google compete directly with PayPal through Google Checkout? ;)
Good point, but I didn't state otherwise. PayPal, having rolled out micropayments a lot earlier and being the de facto standard anyway, beats Google; at least in the circles I have access to.