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Yup. That’s why I feel a little bit uncomfortable being their customer. You can tell their end goal is to become the e-commerce platform for everyone. It might
by nowherebeen 5y ago
Yup. That’s why I feel a little bit uncomfortable being their customer. You can tell their end goal is to become the e-commerce platform for everyone. It might sound great for customers until they aren’t.
- marcus_holmes 5y agoBusinesses are there to make money for their shareholders. If the best way of doing that is to become a monopoly and squeeze customers, then that's what they'll do. I'm not sure what the author is complaining about. Why wouldn't Stripe expand into every available niche it can reach and "nibble" customers for every cent it can? What kind of board meeting would that be: "we've identified an opportunity here, but we've decided not to pursue it because that would be mean, or something"
- nowherebeen 5y agoI don't agree he is complaining. He is simply pointing out something that others might have missed. He is merely making an observation.
- marcus_holmes 5y agoTrue, I guess. Though he definitely doesn't think mice are good things to have around ;)