I’ve been using Fold since they were just an app for buying Starbucks cards with bitcoin. I had really high hopes for their debit card, but between the annual fees, their lack of Lightning support, their removal of free instant deposits, and most recently, the halving of the Amazon gift card reward, I’m not seeing much of a benefit anymore.

I guess I’m not getting the most out of the bill pay feature. Doesn’t that rely exclusively on PayPal?

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After about two years I’m ready to hang it up

If you get percent back on a regular card and just buy btc it’s probably more

I pay my regular credit card through fold…I am getting point through chase and then get extra sats back when I pay the bill every month

I have never used for daily purchases

I quit using fold for most of these same reasons. It was a pain and took multiple days to get money reloaded, and just stopped being worth the 27 easy steps.

Yup relies on PayPal but it’s free sats for something I would normally just ACH over from my bank account.

Two extra clicks and I get to spin the wheel

But you have to ACH or direct deposit the all the fiat into it a few days in advance before paying the bills or you end up paying 1.5% on instant transfers. Do you just use recurring deposits then?

Correct and yes! Recurring deposits when I get paid

Very lame they got rid of the free instant deposits but if it keeps them in business and allows me to stack sats for paying bills I can’t complain 2 much

My last ACH to them took over 7 days. Too much of a pain to jump through the hoops for a minuscule payout. Much better ways to stack.

They have whittled the service down tremendously from what it was a year or two ago. Removed basically every feature that made it worth using IMO.

I’m no longer interested in Fold either. I can’t justify the trouble I go to to get theses sats, if they can barely cover the annual fee at this point. And the instant transfer fee is just enraging. This feels like another unsustainable business model clawing back every defining feature. It’s easier to just buy bitcoin using my monthly cash rewards from a credit card.

This 💯

Instead of continuously improving the experience, they’ve been stagnating and rolling back features.

This is the sign of a company that’s gasping for air. Next comes the downsizing. We’ve seen it all before.