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WARNING: dont do business with stripe
WARNING: Core Feature Disabled Over ARBITRARY Inactivity Policy. Punishing Active Developers. Star Rating: ⭐️ (1-star) As a developer and platform owner, I relied on this service’s Connect features for embedded user verification on an active development project (a bitcoin exchange on Firebase). I have been a client of stripe for about 8 years. Despite this perfect financial record, the company has sent a notice threatening to disable my ability to create platform-liable accounts (a core integration feature) by January 27, 2026. The Reason? An arbitrary internal metric flagging the account as "inactive" because I haven't yet launched the full live service and created enough Connected Accounts. This policy shows a complete and utter disregard for their customers in the development space: Punitive Greed: They are demanding I create a fake or not, unnecessary account—purely to satisfy an internal automation metric—or they will deliberately break my application's onboarding logic. This is not about financial risk; it’s about coercing developers into unnecessary, premature scaling to meet their internal growth targets. Disregard for Startups: Active development cycles and pre-launch platforms are inherently dynamic. This policy shows a total lack of understanding for the startup journey and punishes developers who are actively building compliant, secure integrations. No Support: The automated system issues these threats with no avenue for genuine human review or flexibility. They prioritize their rigid internal algorithms over the health of their client platforms. This is a dangerous and aggressive business practice. If your business is in active development, or you plan to scale gradually, avoid this provider. They will hold a gun to your head and threaten to disable your core features unless you play by their arbitrary, greedy rules. I am now forced to port my entire verification system to a competitor who respects the development lifecycle. The collins brothers, owners of stripe, they made in Usa alone, 23 billion dollars, enjoying life on the back of working people. And thats not enough, They want me to be their slave, to produce customers, or else, I choose else, and i am not scarred of stripe or anyone else, i challenge them to go live on tv over their practice, scarring customers and and will see what is going to happen. they will not do that, while ago my $80.00 i posted to have positive balance on stripe issuing digital card, money disappeared and i was told, it was never there, whoever within stripe took my money i hope he or she spent on doctor fees i am done with greedy corporations and stripe is just one of them