Other payment options for storage?

penyuan
Hello,

To the best of my knowledge, Google Payments is the only way to purchase extra online storage for Zotero.

However, I try to avoid Google as much as possible, and am wondering if alternative payment methods could be implemented for Zotero storage?

Thanks!
  • adamsmith
    my understanding is that the people at Zotero have been reluctant to do that because of the additional bureaucratic effort involved - especially because the only viable alternative is PayPal, which isn't really any improvement in terms of privacy protection etc.

    You can do a reasonable job of protecting your privacy by only using a google account for payments, logging out afterwards, and making sure to delete all cookies afterwards.
  • penyuan
    I see. Yeah I guess there aren't great alternatives available. But I still hope someday someone might figure out a good solution. :)

    Thanks for the tip about using a separate Google account, I might give it a try.
  • dwain0wilder
    edited December 26, 2011
    I just tried to upgrade my storage and got stuck in a cycle while accepting Google's "Terms of Service." I keep getting taken back to the same "Terms of Service" page. After three or four iterations, I was taken to a page
    that listed error 414, with the message "The requested URL /ServiceLogin... is too large to process. That’s all we know."

    Is this a known problem?

    I'm using:
    Mac Powerbook G4 15" PPC
    firefox 3.6.25
    Mac OS 10.5.8


    The url that was too long is really long:

    https://accounts.google.com/ServiceLogin?service=sierra&continue=https://checkout.google.com/view/buy?o%3Dshoppingcart%26shoppingcart%3D745391369325959&shdf=CuIDCxIKY2FydFNvdXJjZRpWaHR0cHM6Ly9jaGVja291dC5nb29nbGUuY29tL3ZpZXcvY2FydEZyYW1lP289c2hvcHBpbmdjYXJ0JnNob3BwaW5nY2FydD03NDUzOTEzNjkzMjU5NTkMCxILYnV5ZXJTaWdudXAatQJodHRwczovL2NoZWNrb3V0Lmdvb2dsZS5jb20vYnV5ZXJTaWdudXA_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&ltmpl=buypage&brandingserver=srs&hl=en_US&nui=11&rm=hide&skipvpage=true&sacu=1

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