The minimum withdrawal is 10 usd or 20 usd, depending on where you'll be withrdrawing it to. You have less than that in your account and won't be using Paypal soon? say goodbye to those 7 dollars.

-- Oh, but you can wait, maybe later you'll use those 7 dollars

No, if you don't do transactions for 1 year, they charge you a $10 inactivity fee.

It’s designed to hold your money hostage and then take it afterward

The only reason to use Paypal is that you have no other way of paying for something. Even cryptocurrency is more user-friendly than Paypal.

Btw, their conversion rates are awful.