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Re:Do we need to pay billions in fees to Stripe, Block, PayP... by konschubert on Saturday August 17, 2024 @03:53PM (#41277423)
And what I (konschubert) am saying is: I would like to have more choices, as a customer and especially as a merchant, so I don’t have to pay visa 3% next time.

And I think this means there is opportunity for disruption.

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Re:Do we need to pay billions in fees to Stripe, Block, PayP... by oneplane on Saturday August 17, 2024 @03:57PM (#41277449)
Creating those choices requires societal adjustment. It is not something that can be manufactured by a market, and as such is the purpose of government. Many examples of this exist in production all over the world, with high degrees of success.
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