How can you say it's "looking more and more like it's never going to be able to be used by the majority of the world... (ie any developers living outside of the USA)." when they just finished their first expansion.
Now that they've got a system down for expanding, they don't have to do so much work next time. Though every country will still have it's own set of rules and regulations regarding the finances, you must crawl before you can walk, yet alone run.
I have no idea how long it took Paypal to reach as many places as it has, but we have no reason to doubt Stripe will get there too.
> Now that they've got a system down for expanding
I don't think they do since every single expansion is going to be pretty much unique due to the laws and regulations of the country they are expanding to. That is the main problem they have to face and the reason for their 'slow' expansion.
I am sure they can streamline a few small things but I doubt they will be able to speed up things that much.
Now that they've got a system down for expanding, they don't have to do so much work next time. Though every country will still have it's own set of rules and regulations regarding the finances, you must crawl before you can walk, yet alone run.
I have no idea how long it took Paypal to reach as many places as it has, but we have no reason to doubt Stripe will get there too.