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You kid, but AWS had 2 year head-start on Stripe [0] and here we are... [0] https://archive.is/R7m9s https://archive.is/R7m9s / https://www.allthingsdistribute

• mardifoufs 4y ago
  What went wrong? Why didn't it take off, and why doesn't amazon have a similar offering on AWS? They have such a wide variety of products there that I'm surprised they didn't try again after 2007.
  • kijiki 4y ago
    I used it at the time. It was very ambitious, supporting a scripting language for what are now called smart contracts, and very complex payment schemes. It was also a huge pain in the ass to integrate, and the user payment flow was wonky, with a redirect to multiple amazon branded pages to log in to amazon, then redirect back to finish the transaction. I've not used stripe, but people who have tell me it is super easy to integrate.