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[-] [email protected] 16 points 1 day ago

Let's be clear though

The payment processors did the blocking but the requests came from some religious group that wants the entire world to be as miserable as they are.

Fuck all religions and fuck them for always wanting their claws in everything to try and control everything and everyone

[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

Appeasing rambling cults is not acceptable.

[-] [email protected] 42 points 2 days ago

All data carriers, like ISPs, payment processors, email services, etc. should have NO control, nor even oversight or input, over the content of their transmission or the purposes thereof.

Imagine if all roads were privately own and they wanted to know every detail about those traveling on their roadways. Origin and destination, every detail about you, about your vehicle, what you have in your car, etc. And imagine they could decide that certain cars were allowed on their roads, you weren't allowed to use their roads to get to certain destinations, they get lobbied by bigots to not allow gays to drive on their roads, or people that have porn in their vehicle. There's no public alternative, and sometimes no private alternative, and even private alternatives do the exact same thing... if we wouldn't allow that sort of surveillance, interference, and autocratic control with or means of movement, why should we allow it with our means of trade.

[-] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago

I want Visa and MC to show us a time they were prosecuted by the government for processing a payment they shouldn't have.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

Can you boycott visa/mastercard when paying at steam or do most methods just end up using them anyway?

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

Run the payment through PayPal direct to your bank account.

Alternatively, you could add the funds directly to your steam wallet using your regular card and say "Fuck you, you can't even stop me!" to them.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

But then you support PayPal.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

I’ve wondered if a good boycott method would be starting a different credit card - IF any of them have made statements about foregoing censorship. But I could be corrected if it turns out others like Discover end up going through V/MC systems somehow.

[-] [email protected] 54 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Still itch.io deindexed all nsfw games

Edit: Okay so they now reindexed them.

Today, we are re-indexing free adult NSFW content. We are still in ongoing discussions with payment processors and will be re-introducing paid content slowly to ensure we can confidently support the widest range of creators in the long term.

[-] [email protected] 32 points 2 days ago

Would you rather they had shut down because nobody is able to pay them anymore? They complied with the demands for the time being because they have a business to run - and then they immediately started looking for a solution.

[-] [email protected] 21 points 2 days ago

I don't believe people fault itch.io or steam for what they did. You can be upset with an action and still understand why it was done. It's the same mental allowance you would give to someone if they agreed to cover your shift but the morning of their kid got sick and you had to come in anyway. Sure, you're upset but you also understand that someone would need to take care of their kid.

So we can be upset that NSFW games were delisted. But the other options would be them only getting paid through physically bought Steam and Itich.io gift cards.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Sure but simply saying "they still did X (oh wait they walked back part of X)" doesn't really sound understanding but accusatory.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

I wonder why the payment processors went on the backfoot.

[-] [email protected] 18 points 2 days ago

Immediate and harsh criticism.

[-] [email protected] 17 points 2 days ago

and stripe apparently plans to allow NSFW content in future, which is super promising.

I hope itch.io finds an alternative in the meantime though

[-] [email protected] 32 points 2 days ago

allow

Shouldn't be their decision in the first place. Process the fucking payments, payment processors.

[-] [email protected] 18 points 2 days ago

One of these moron payment companies is going to realize what's up sooner or later.

Patreon is for creators to do creative stuff professionally. Onlyfans tried to be the same thing. The only difference was they allowed NSFW stuff. Now guess which one pulls significantly more revenue?

If you become the payment processor for NSFW stuff, you can do whatever the hell you want and still be rolling in cash.

[-] [email protected] 51 points 2 days ago

They just missed very old news about how games that depict illegal activities do not really cause people to do illegal activities. Therefore they can't be illegal themselves.

[-] [email protected] 33 points 2 days ago

Plus, where do you draw the line?
Social media where users discuss illegal activities? Movies that depict illegal activities?
There are a lot of illegal activities in the bible.

[-] [email protected] 24 points 2 days ago

I committed genocide in age of empires 2 yesterday, but lewd games is where I draw the line!

[-] [email protected] 61 points 2 days ago

"Just dig the hole, hole digger"

[-] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago

Given the show this meme is taken from, I can't tell if the quote itself is unaltered or not. 🤣

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Ghost Stories?

[-] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago

Drive the bus, bus driver

[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

Fill the hole, hole filler.

[-] [email protected] 17 points 2 days ago

Not to mention their little gaslighting memos they sent out trying to say it wasn't them that told them they wouldn't process those payments.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago

The good timeline.

[-] [email protected] 14 points 2 days ago

Damn, am I really going to have to start going to bank regularly, getting cash from the cashier, and boycotting card-only places.

Meh, I guess I've nowt better to with my time.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

Try to find cash discounts too, so you don't subsidize other people's credit card usage.

[-] [email protected] 14 points 2 days ago

Jesus girl would side with the payment processor.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

Surely they are being pressured by the governments, right?

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