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> Maybe we should have explicitly reached out to them to discuss this upcoming launch so that they could privately express any concerns they had.

A thousand times no. Companies privately discussing launches with each other to avoid stepping on each other's toes is bad for the consumer. In addition, it may actually cross the line into illegal market allocation.

I am glad that Stripe developed and released a product that they thought would benefit their consumers.

I do not want companies feeling they have to consult another company before entering a market. (which once again may actually be illegal).

EDIT:

Maybe I am being paranoid, but the tone of the Plaid founder and the apologetic nature of this post, kind of brought back memories of Steve Job's indignant emails about other companies hiring, and their apologetic response which ended up leading to an illegal agreement not to hire each other's workers. I don't want any "gentlemen's agreement" about market allocation and collusion about what products/services will be released.

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This is a good point. I don’t think companies can have gentleman’s agreements to not compete with each other.