why does everyone use polar?
i've never been able to actually make a purchase on my mac with it
3:52 AM · Jul 2, 2026 · 3.6K Views
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Many users described Mac purchase failures on the Polar Platform as a literal nightmare because of broken Safari payment processing and cross-border edge cases when trying to escape Stripe.
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Ben Tossell@bentossell
cc @polar_sh @birk happy to dm console errors im getting
claude seems to think its when prefilling card info from 1password but when manually entering same issue.
Ben Tossell@bentossell
why does everyone use polar?
i've never been able to actually make a purchase on my mac with it
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Polar@polar_sh
@bentossell This sounds very strange. Let’s follow up in DMs
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serioga@skulskyiii
@bentossell Everyone wants to escape the Stripe monopoly until they realize handling cross-border edge cases and basic Safari/Mac payment processing without bugs is a literal nightmare. Conversion is everything
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Birk Jernström@birk
@bentossell @polar_sh That a first and should definitely, never, be the case. I'll DM you to figure this out ASAP and what's causing this for you.
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