Comment by skeledrew

4 hours ago

Historically acquisitions have never really been good for customers. Time for me to look for an OpenRouter alternative? At least they're also as easy to switch from as the model providers they proxy.

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Taikhoom10  4 hours ago

No, Stripe's mega plan is to create a consolidated internet offering for internet-first businesses, not price gauging, the masterminds behind this are not corporate suits, rather founders that deeply understand business strategy - https://s-1.vercel.app/posts/what-stripe-can-become-broader-...

  • atomicnumber3  4 hours ago

    Stripes founders aren't suits but they're just as eager to make money. Their payments business is low margin and they're hungry for anything higher margin they can attach.

    • cowsandmilk  4 hours ago

      Yeah, Amazon didn’t let its low margin retail business prevent them from taking high margins in AWS. I’m not sure why it is assumed Stripe would stay low margin.

    • Taikhoom10  4 hours ago

      Well, they should be motivated by profit, especially if they can create an integrated solution, the convenience means everybody wins.