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Re:Gov.uk has replaced Stripe with Dutch provider Adyen by trumpdong on Friday June 05, 2026 @08:35PM (#48420166)
The funny thing about that is that HN used to say if the fee was 4% it's because that's what it costs and if it was any lower the card networks would just abandon the country that forced it to be lower, since they'd lose money.
Re:Gov.uk has replaced Stripe with Dutch provider Adyen by JumpCrisscross on Friday June 05, 2026 @08:44PM (#48420222)
> HN used to say if the fee was 4% it's because that's what it costs

Do you have a link to the comment you're thinking of?

Re:Gov.uk has replaced Stripe with Dutch provider Adyen by bigfudge on Saturday June 06, 2026 @06:50AM (#48423602)
I remember people saying the same thing. It was some time ago. Turns out some markets really aren’t that efficient and corporate capture really is a thing…