News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Stripe, Advent offer to buy PayPal for more than $53B. Parent comment

Re:Stripe, Advent offer to buy PayPal for more than $53B by PaulDavisThe1st on Wednesday July 15, 2026 @05:41PM (#48927427)
> People are worried about authoritarianism, yet meekly cede such powers to a corporation? It boggles the mind.

The libertarian answer is that corporations cannot threaten your freedom because you always have a choice of whether to deal with them or not.

The libertarian answer is also mostly bullshit, but there is a kernel of a seed of a nugget of truth in there somehow.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Stripe, Advent offer to buy PayPal for more than $53B by quantummagic on Wednesday July 15, 2026 @06:05PM (#48927700)
For sure, on both counts. I'm just a bit astonished at how many people continue to do business with them, especially anyone who strongly denounces authoritarianism.
[ Parent | on HN ]