I’m surprised by how often I see these threads about Stripe specifically. I don’t know how much of this is because Stripe is the biggest player, or how much of

I’m surprised by how often I see these threads about Stripe specifically. I don’t know how much of this is because Stripe is the biggest player, or how much of it is because people have learned that you can come here to get your stuff sorted. Honestly, to me, it doesn’t matter. There are a handful of beyond viable Stripe alternatives that I’d be tempted to use because this is just teaching me that this is a regular thing that happens for anything but the most bland Stripe uses. I vaguely understand that anything financial has these sorts of ham-fisted risk controls. That doesn’t help quell the unease I have about Stripe. The optics are just…not great.