Were the elements about Collison and Stripe necessary for this essay? I don't see what value these parts add. The conclusion that Stripe is original by not be

Were the elements about Collison and Stripe necessary for this essay? I don't see what value these parts add. The conclusion that Stripe is original by not being original confirms that these parts don't belong to an essay about innovation. Collison is an intriguing person, though, and Stripe's focus on developer UX for payment processing was innovative, but maybe focusing on the actual innovation would have been too unoriginal to write about in 2022? Maybe writing about who Collison was imitating would have been more relevant.