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atomicnumber3yesterday at 10:02 PM3 repliesview on HN

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.


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cowsandmilkyesterday at 10:13 PM

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.

Taikhoom10yesterday at 10:08 PM

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

Klonoartoday at 12:10 AM

I don’t think you understand just how much money Stripe currently makes.

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