For what it's worth, I've gotten a response to an application to Stripe specifically from applying through their website. No experience at FAANG or other high-p

For what it's worth, I've gotten a response to an application to Stripe specifically from applying through their website. No experience at FAANG or other high-profile companies. And I had previously applied for a different role (with no response) and the recruiter was aware of that. My impression is that the main issue is stale listings - you probably applied for an opening that they were effectively done reviewing applications for but hadn't taken down from their website. One recent user-hostile trend I've noticed in job application platforms (including Stripe's) is that they don't tell you when a listing was posted or updated. So you can't distinguish between an opening posted yesterday (that they're probably actively reviewing applications for) and one posted six months ago (that's almost certainly a black hole).