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"Never mind that credit cards are basically the only safe way to spend money on the internet! Give us your debit card so we can really inconvenience you when our database is stolen!"

Credit cards are terrible if you abuse them, and the whole credit system is mucked up. But they are otherwise very pro-consumer, because you have no liability when you are defrauded.



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