[atourgates]

An interesting take. The only bit I strongly disagree with is this:

> One advice we got was to file an antitrust case against Shopify in a European Court.

> Theoretically, we could’ve argued that Shopify uses anti-competitive practices to get rid of their checkout competition. Similar to what Spotify & Epic Games did against Apple.

> While that might’ve been a viable option, honestly, I don’t have the balls to pick a legal fight with a multi-billion corporation.

> On top of that, I believe that crying to the regulator is a bitch move. After everything, I still believe that Shopify built their platform and they should be able to do whatever they want with it.

I have no insight into how the EU's competition laws would or would not apply here, but that's literally the regulator's job, and it's certainly not a "bitch move" to hold companies accountable for anticompetitive behavior (if that's what's happening).

[wackget]

Yeah seriously. Sounds like he drank the capitalism kool-aid.