My first reaction would be to say that you're right, but there's more to it than just one day of earnings: credibility/reliability. If that gets damaged, it could cost them (and other corporate sites taking similar steps) a heck of a lot more. There's tens, hundreds of millions, if not a billions, flowing through them daily. If they really want to go forward with this, they'd better have a VERY good advance notification strategy that would put customers at ease.DeadPoolX wrote:I'm sure the reason PayPal is against SOPA is it could affect sites that use them. PayPal itself wouldn't be attacked by SOPA, but they're an entity that makes money off users. If those users have their sites shut down, then PayPal is affected far more (in the long term) than shutting themselves down for one day.
Again, I'm all for the shutdown, even though I doubt it's going to happen on such large scale. It would definitely send a strong message if these guys go through with it though.