Help HN: Stripe shutting us down with 48 hours notice on a holiday skeleton crew

Re:Help HN: Stripe shutting us down with 48 hours notice on ... by norswap on Tuesday December 28, 2021 @07:59AM (#29713335)

> I figure that by now anybody that decides to farm out a critical portion of their business to a large company is able to figure out for themselves that such a dependency has risks as well as benefits.

This is a disingenuous argument in general. If cars were much more unsafe than they are, would you also blame car crash victim for driving a car knowing what the risks are?

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Re:Help HN: Stripe shutting us down with 48 hours notice on ... by DenisM on Tuesday December 28, 2021 @01:21PM (#29716321)

We can certainly blame a person for using an unsafe mode of transport. Is that up for debate?

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Re:Help HN: Stripe shutting us down with 48 hours notice on ... by norswap on Wednesday December 29, 2021 @08:35AM (#29724650)

My point is mostly that it shouldn't be used to argue against increased security for that mode of transportation.

The pattern is as follows:

- A: I had a really bad accident, we should make these vehicles more secure. - B: No, you had to be aware that it was risky.

- A: Stripe jeopardized our business, they really should have better customer support for these cases. - B: No, you had to be aware it was risky to use them.

It's a non-sequitur: the plight for increased security/customer support is in no way hampered by the fact that the buyer had to be aware of the risk (which I guess he had, but ... so what?).

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