Does anyone feel Stripe API is becoming complicated?

The last time I used it was almost ten years ago, and dev UX felt so good, but now it feels like a pile of features and abstractions that makes it hard to do simple stuff like SaaS subs with add-ons.

look up “Strong Customer Authentication” for more info

The payment rails themselves became more complicated; Europe started regulating 2FA for most credit card charges which changed charging a credit card from a sync to an async operation

Stripe feels complicated because crypto is elegant and has set a new base line.

It’s 10x as complicated but 100x as powerful.

co-founder @ Ribbon - your career AI copilot (ribbon.cool)

this looks really slick - we’re looking for fiat initially but it on-chain was easy enough it’d be a no brainer for us

@arsham if you're looking to integrate on-chain payments, we'd be happy to help you at diagonal.finance.

Our unified API lets you seamlessly integrate recurring (fixed, seat and usage) and 1-time payments across many EVM chains.

Here is a quick demo: https://www.loom.com/share/9aa6cfeb614d41a1ac67e4856eecc4f8

on this topic: what are the best stripe alternatives? building payments on Ribbon from the ground up and don’t want to overlook something better