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I'd like to be as optimistic as you are about this act by balanced, but I can't help but suspect there was some kind of deal between the two companies. After al

• lbotos 12y ago
  Even if so, is Google above handing off their customers to a service that is similar?
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• jfoster 12y ago
  Sure. At a minimum, the people running Balanced are preserving their personal reputation by doing this. I like to take the pragmatic view about such things. Motivations aside, at the end of the day & in similar situations, Google decided to screw customers whilst Balanced decided to offer a smoother migration path. Even if Balanced's customers don't like Stripe, Stripe has a free data portability clause that will allow them to continue on to the payment processor of their choosing. (https://support.stripe.com/questions/what-if-i-decide-to-leave-stripe-can-i-export-card-data https://support.stripe.com/questions/what-if-i-decide-to-lea...)