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Re:Lago, Open-Source Stripe Alternative, banks $22M in funding by Solvency on Sunday April 07, 2024 @11:13AM (#39961297)
Can i ask why, in 2024, basic internet payment infrastructure isn't a commoditized resource shared across FANG/governments/ISP/banks? Why Does it have to be this way? Why must it be so convoluted for the merchants themselves? Why must it cost so much money just to be able to accept payments? Don't we all love payments? Don't transactions make the world go round? Are we already paying taxes on literally everything? Wouldn't it be in everyone's best interest is to make the simple act of doing business be as simple, frictionless, and barrierless as possible?
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Re:Lago, Open-Source Stripe Alternative, banks $22M in funding by pc86 on Sunday April 07, 2024 @11:18AM (#39961332)
What is it exactly that you want Amazon, the US government, Verizon, and JPMorgan doing together that isn't done better by Stripe and its competitors right now?

For a discussion around payments this seems very similar to the "internet is a utility" discussion from decades past with a weird anti-capitalist / "a private company doing this is bad" vibes.

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Re:Lago, Open-Source Stripe Alternative, banks $22M in funding by Solvency on Sunday April 07, 2024 @11:38AM (#39961472)
it costs $3000/month just to use Lago. this just seems insane but it's normalized by developers + big business.
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Re:Lago, Open-Source Stripe Alternative, banks $22M in funding by n_plus_1_acc on Sunday April 07, 2024 @01:11PM (#39962147)
It is easy. Give out your IBAN and a reference/invoice number, Wait for the money, then ship the product.
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