A sufficiently high convenience bar makes the entire project nonviable. I personally know at least a handful of businesses who got fucked over by paypal integra

A sufficiently high convenience bar makes the entire project nonviable. I personally know at least a handful of businesses who got fucked over by paypal integration breakage or traditional merchant account and had all those problems go away when switching to stripe. I know of many more who looked at the hassle involved and decided not to bother (and then tried again when stripe became available in their country). If you consider the added ongoing effort to stay on top of that shit as zero-cost, yeah I guess they're more expensive. Convenience is not the right word for the peace of mind you buy by never having to deal with paypal policy or integration hassle again. (not affiliated with stripe, just a happy customer)