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Any word on why this is being released? I'm guessing Europe must be essentially forcing either Stripe or Paypal to do this.

• draw_down 3y ago
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• hunkins 3y ago
  It enables Stripe to capture market share that might go to PayPal exclusively otherwise. For many businesses with a European customer base and an on-demand product, Stripe-only is a nonstarter.
• simple10 3y ago
  For e-commerce and digital goods (i.e. courses) sales, PayPal is the preferred payment method in EU. Given the choice, we see EU customers choosing to pay with PayPal instead of Apple or Google pay about 50% of the time. Stripe doesn't want to lose out on these sales.
  • Hamuko 3y ago
    I forget that Apple Pay is even an option online since I use Firefox. Not sure why Apple wouldn't open those APIs to third-party browsers, they make money every time someone uses Apple Pay.
    • simple10 3y ago
      Apparently Apple Pay is supported in Firefox and Chrome on iOS16 [1]. But it only works in Safari on desktop browsers. [1] https://www.idownloadblog.com/2022/08/01/ios-16-apple-pay-chrome-firefox-edge/ https://www.idownloadblog.com/2022/08/01/ios-16-apple-pay-ch...
      • Hamuko 3y ago
        iOS Firefox and Chrome are Safari. There are no browsers on iOS that are not Safari.