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Stripe acquires Lemon Squeezy
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#22Stripe could easily replicate the features that lemon squeezy has. It's not about technology, it's about the clientele, brand and talent
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#23> Rest assured, we’ll continue delivering the same fantastic product and reliability you’ve come to trust. We’ll be in touch as we work through this process with any updates as they come along. We’re excited about finding the best ways to combine Lemon Squeezy and Stripe. That sounds somewhat promising but not entirely committed.
They might entirely change everything completely.
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#24Did Stripe get spooked by this?: https://www.lemonsqueezy.com/blog/guillermo-rauch-vercel-ceo
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#25Re: Stripe acquires Lemon Squeezy
#26Now that's what I call horizontal integration, i.e. reducing competition.
From TFA: > Lemon Squeezy has been processing payments on Stripe since our inception. They're not your competition if you are already their most important supplier.
And now for sure they wont change that supplier. So yes it is suppressing competition.
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#27Now I need to find a new payment provider. Stripe has burned too many people with too little remorse to ever risk something as critical as payments on them again.
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#28> Rest assured, we’ll continue delivering the same fantastic product and reliability you’ve come to trust. We’ll be in touch as we work through this process with any updates as they come along. We’re excited about finding the best ways to combine Lemon Squeezy and Stripe. That sounds somewhat promising but not entirely committed.
That sounds like just about every single post-acquisition statement ever made.
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#29> Rest assured, we’ll continue delivering the same fantastic product and reliability you’ve come to trust. We’ll be in touch as we work through this process with any updates as they come along. We’re excited about finding the best ways to combine Lemon Squeezy and Stripe. That sounds somewhat promising but not entirely committed.
Founder just recently was thinking out loudly about how they could walk away with a big payday: https://youtu.be/K2aTHWd1QW0?t=2028
I don't sticking with a product you've been working on for only 3 years is a big priority