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121.8k sats \ 0 replies \ @JoshuaDanielsD8I 27 Jul freebie \ parent \ on: A very nice ETF info tracker [dashboard] news
The read the terms of service or take your business elsewhere arguments ignore:
- its really hard to start and run a small business and 99.99% of the time everyone will go with the easiest option so you can focus on running your business and not dying. Not taking a side or saying this is right, its just true. Stripe is often one of the more expensive payment options, but everyone uses it because its the easiest. Ease > cost for almost all businesses when it comes to payments.
- if the pressure is coming from Visa/Mastercard, central banks, or big powerful government entities this could easily eventually spread to most or all other major payment providers and leave few if any good options. While I love and applaud things like BTCPayServer, fully self sovereign payments are way too hard for all but the most hardcore technical Bitcoiners, which are probably 0.000001% of all business founders. Until the bitcoin payment tools get 10x better and easier most mainstream business just won't bother.
We unfortunately need fiat for now to run successful businesses. Just the hard truth.
129.6k sats \ 4 replies \ @JoshuaDanielsD8I 3 Jul freebie \ parent \ on: Should we organize a member drive?
Nope. But I confess that I used to focus on the trending Hot posts because I thought doing so would help me get back my sats’ worth.
Now that I have a bigger bag (and withdraw what I think is my fair share from here), I’m not calculative about “breaking even”. Sometimes I zap new Stackers’ posts or “obscure” posts to give others a lift up. It’s okay - I have enough haha
GENESIS
The most surprising thing I've learnt about others is how much people love and appreciate uniqueness. When I first started making the rap videos I was a bit worried that people would think it was weird. But reflecting on why being different is good, I think we're all a bit jaded by the tsunami of sameness (e.g. Tiktok trends done again and again by hundreds of people). As sats become more prolific in these platforms (and as more people use Stacker News!) we'll be able to navigate our way through the noise and be able find and encourage more uniqueness in everyone!
The most surprising thing I've learnt about myself is how much I enjoy the process. I'm usually very outcome-oriented, but the pure joy of being in the flow of the process is nothing like I've experienced in any type of work I've done ^_^