Comment by rvz
5 hours ago
This is even before them acquiring PayPal. If Stripe bought PayPal in 2022, it would be immediately blocked. Not this time.
One of the only near monopolies that is seemingly allowed and it is even praised.
But who cares. Nothing to see here (as long as AGI is coming it doesn't matter anyway).
Why would PayPal acquiring OpenRouter make it any more of a monopoly than it is? Not saying it is or isn't, but OpenRouter isn't even a financial company.
I am saying it is a near monopoly as Stripe is the one that is close to acquiring PayPal in the first place. [0]
[0] https://www.wsj.com/business/deals/stripe-advent-in-talks-to...
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