Agreed. Payments has been a quite stinky industry with lots of dodgy monopolies (see government payment providers for particularly bad examples). I'd just like

Agreed. Payments has been a quite stinky industry with lots of dodgy monopolies (see government payment providers for particularly bad examples). I'd just like to see a more balanced debate on payments. Its a very busy industry with plenty of niches which Stripe clearly fits, but it's also a very boring industry. I get surprised seeing this heavily promoted on a site I use for opinion and news.