This is clearly a bad idea, because credit cards are not as ubiquitous everywhere as they are in the US. If they don't want to do their research properly to figure this out, then they should at least ask, e.g. by giving a proper, timely notice with some option to back out. A month is clearly not enough. It's not even enough time for people to look for other income streams as the current ones will inevitably be affected.
I really have trouble understanding decisions like this by companies that put so much focus on diversity and inclusion, but never really consider that other places outside of the US exist for many of their decisions. It frankly makes no sense to me to spearhead the effort to rename the master branch to main, but ignore that people outside the US can't sponsor projects without a credit card. The actual harm done by the latter is arguably larger and definitely more clearly measurable. It's very disappointing.
It totally does. I am from Germany and I cannot use my bank card for online payment and most people I know can't do it either. Especially if they have bank accounts at banks you can go to in person. Some online-bank accounts provide cards that can be used with online payments, but it's far from the most popular option.
What type of card do you have and what century is your bank in? I've had online capable Visa/Mastercard debit cards in Bulgaria (you know, poorest and least developed country in the EU) since at least 2010, if not before. In France even the legaciest of the legacy banks (the ones where to open a bank account you have to go in person and wait a week for everything to be processed) provide basic MasterCard/Visas, which are of course online capable. I don't know of any card being available in either country that isn't capable of online payments. I've heard Germany is behind the times in some aspects, but I didn't know your banking was so bad. Are you still using cheques too?
I really have trouble understanding decisions like this by companies that put so much focus on diversity and inclusion, but never really consider that other places outside of the US exist for many of their decisions. It frankly makes no sense to me to spearhead the effort to rename the master branch to main, but ignore that people outside the US can't sponsor projects without a credit card. The actual harm done by the latter is arguably larger and definitely more clearly measurable. It's very disappointing.