I believe this holds true for all platforms (profit motive will beat any altruism in the long run). All platforms are "mice" (or will become mice, given sufficient time and pressure).
Building on top of any platform should trigger your "I'm making a tradeoff" spider sense. It's pretty obvious that using Stripe is net positive for any small company starting up right now. In 5 yrs, ehen that startup is doing $100M/yr in sales, the net gain of using Stripe is less obvious. But would the startup have been able to grow to $100M/yr without sending payment links or invoices via Stripe? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Building on top of any platform should trigger your "I'm making a tradeoff" spider sense. It's pretty obvious that using Stripe is net positive for any small company starting up right now. In 5 yrs, ehen that startup is doing $100M/yr in sales, the net gain of using Stripe is less obvious. But would the startup have been able to grow to $100M/yr without sending payment links or invoices via Stripe? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯