Paypal Account Disappeared On Ebay

Up through my last purchase yesterday, I've been successful with PayPal on ebay for several years--many purchases monthly. One exception was about two years ago when PayPal had issues and a link to ebay was broken--returned a few hours later. Again, no issues with my activity.

I do not have a "preferred method of payment" on file with ebay. I am paying as I always have with my paypal balance at checkout or I can check off credit card or bank account ect. I am tired of adding a preferred payment and then going in and deleting it after that transaction has cleared.

So now I have a red icon on my selling page stating "no preferred payment on file".

For me I have always been able to pay with Pay Pal, nothing changed til ebay started this new "preferred payment" on file.

What I do is, if I bid on an item or send a best offer to a seller....if I get that pop up asking to choose a preferred payment to be linked before it lets my bid or offer go through, I hit the back button. Seller looses out.

The other thing I am wary of is if say someone hacks your account, they can spend freely since your "auto Pay" is enabled. ( this auto pay links your Pay Pal/Credit card/bank balance for future purchases.

I like having the checkout screen pop up when I choose to pay and I decide what form I am going to use for payment.

Until they decide it is mandatory, I am not choosing a "preferred payment" to be on file.