The article says it's a 998% increase, which is about a 10-fold increase, not a thousandfold like the submitter says.

That's what a pilot told me too. If passengers are listening to music, for example, they won't hear announcements made on the speakers.

It's not that the inability to hear announcements is a direct threat to the safety of passengers. But it's one of those cases where you want to eliminate anything that can potentially make a bad situation become worse.

Most plane crashes, it seems to me, are caused by a combination of small incidents that—combined together—create a deadly situation. When reviewing those incidents, they never seem so serious if considered separately.

PayPal fees:
https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_display-fees-outside&countries=ROW

In the table, see the row "Multiple Currency Transactions". It says, "Exchange rate includes a 2.5% fee**".

Also: "** If your transaction involves a currency conversion, it will be completed at a retail foreign exchange rate determined by PayPal, which is adjusted regularly based on market conditions." (My emphasis)

What I understand: We decide what the exchange rate is, then we add 2.5%.

Notice that there is also a link: "Fees for cross border payments". It goes to another page that mentions a 3.9% rate. I am not sure, but I think this is a fee that applies to all transactions through PayPal.

This definitely isn't good. However, I certainly believe it is fast.