True, and to clear things up a bit, people that live in countries not eligible for stripe can get around it, I just don't know if it is legal or not. I haven't done it, but many people from India have. Link to the article that gives the workaround- https://bhageshhunakunti.medium.com/indian-authors-can-now-earn-revenue-from-medium-2020-d64edfdb71e6