To be totally honest here Kristina, I too think that Stripe really has to be the culprit in all this. Medium don’t truly have control over how Stripe operates, and they are most likely trying to charge ridiculous feels to onboard the payment system for these areas.
Written by Jonathan Townend, RMN - Editor - Friend of Medium
Psychiatric Nurse Writer. Owner of Creative Passions, The Shortform, No Shame, World of Fiction publications, and co-editor for The Chocolate River.