Blamed for Steam games ban, Mastercard encourages censorship during Riot Games VCT livestreams
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MasterCard lied? No they would never
Anyway, thanks MasterCard for introducing me to porn games a few weeks ago
You need to censor those messages accusing us of censorship!
Also, If someone was secretly negotiating on their behalf they would be asking the FBI to help arrest the impersonator, and they would probably want the publics help too!
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Australian religious zealots are the ones taking credit for the steam & itch.io censorship.
The hypothesis I've heard is that the zealots have deep enough ties to the Australian government to be pains in the ass for MasterCard and Visa. Though I can't imagine Australia is a big enough demographic to really matter meaningfully, also if you are any type of international entity you should have Australia marked as fuck ass stupid place is the Idaho of the Anglosphere shitty government but with lots of decent folks about.
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Blamed for Steam games ban, Mastercard encourages censorship during Riot Games VCT livestreams
Mastercard’s ties to the esports world have led to more evidence of censorship. A source leaked messages from the Riot Games sponsor to livestream channels during the Valorant Champions Tour. The payment processor asked moderators to delete messages accusing it of forcing the ban of Steam games.
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Pretty pathetic that corporations are even as smart as the ferengi.
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Does anyone take them anymore?
A lot of places won't take them because they both of those cards have higher fees.
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Man I just wish there were better alternatives to MasterCard and Visa.
Discover? Not that much better but works fine for me. Good cashback too.
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Man wtf can we DO about this shit? I'm planning on calling and shit but damn they don't give a fuck.
Is it too late??
Do you have to have assloads of money to file a class action suit? Like would steam or GOG or itch be down to be a part of it or is that just a pipe dream.
I am not promoting it, but I will say that this is the exact reason shit like cryptocurrency exists. Stupid overreaching shit like this.
Keep calling. Tell your friends. It's already gotten MasterCard's attention enough to make a statement.
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It really boggles the mind why we have to go through private corporations to use our monetary system in the digital realm
If we had to use private corporations then there needs to be enough competition to prevent what is happening now.
You don't have to. You can use cash, checks, crypto, gift cards, and more. It's only credit cards (and probably almost all debit cards) that go through them.
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I'm super pro crypto but it isn't a magic bullet. The companies being restricted are victims of a monopoly who will retaliate if they try alternatives. It's the same reason NFTs haven't killed Ticketmaster.
Crypto is now a fucking wall street product.
NFTs are highly regarded.
The reason you can't kill Ticketmaster is because Everyone who stands to make money benefits from Ticketmaster and the only ones to benefit from an alternative is customers.
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I have seen it mentioned quite a few times on websites. Can you actually pay normal shops using that?
Maybe a few in Switzerland. I haven't seen any news about it specifically.
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Crypto is now a fucking wall street product.
NFTs are highly regarded.
The reason you can't kill Ticketmaster is because Everyone who stands to make money benefits from Ticketmaster and the only ones to benefit from an alternative is customers.
NFTs are highly regarded.
I'm going to take the day to reflect on how 100.0% out of touch I must be. I've been using crypto for more years than I'll admit, been reading tech news, and talking about it with other real engineers at work. Never once did I hear anything about anyone ever regarding NFTs highly.
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Maybe a few in Switzerland. I haven't seen any news about it specifically.
I don't think so to be honest, I have never seen it here
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As much as everyone here hates it literally the only way to ever do that is cryptocurrency unless you receive precious metals in the mail.
Steam already tried it, but it was too volatile so they stopped accepting it.
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Yeah, Stripe is the reason itch.io had to pull all paid NSFW games.
However, it isn't exactly their fault, either:
We spoke with Stripe yesterday about their content policies. They confirmed that they will not be able to support adult content that fits the following definition: “content designed for sexual gratification.” Stripe asked us to pass along the following message to our users:
"Stripe is currently unable to support sexually explicit content due to restrictions placed on them by their banking partners, despite card networks generally supporting adult content (with the appropriate registrations). Stripe has indicated that they hope to be able to support adult content in the future."
This is why it's so hard to fight this, every company blames another one but never by name, I'm sure it's by design
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Steam already tried it, but it was too volatile so they stopped accepting it.
They tried bitcoin. And also fraud was a concern too.
With Monero, fees are minimal and there's no possible way to prove fraud thus if you KYCd youd be breaking no laws and it would work quite well. The volatility is still a factor though for sure.
Stablecoins exist but ETH also has large fees at certain times like btc so and other chains like Polygon are trash and not as secure.
Volatility is a factor, but using a different crypto than Bitcoin is necessary to avoid high fees and stolen coins
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FedNow became a thing just two years ago. With transaction fees of just $0.043/transaction, it's cheaper than every other payment processor out there. Hopefully it can gain adoption and push out Visa/Mastercard.
Interesting. Good to have a less rent-seeking option, not sure I love the idea of the Fed just (assumedly) having access to all my transactions, though.
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NFTs are highly regarded.
I'm going to take the day to reflect on how 100.0% out of touch I must be. I've been using crypto for more years than I'll admit, been reading tech news, and talking about it with other real engineers at work. Never once did I hear anything about anyone ever regarding NFTs highly.
Let's just say it's a way to avoid word filters.
Though I should have said, they are fucking regarded
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The hypothesis I've heard is that the zealots have deep enough ties to the Australian government to be pains in the ass for MasterCard and Visa. Though I can't imagine Australia is a big enough demographic to really matter meaningfully, also if you are any type of international entity you should have Australia marked as fuck ass stupid place is the Idaho of the Anglosphere shitty government but with lots of decent folks about.
Straight up its like the shithole of western countries.
Although UK and USA are catching up
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Classic streisand effect
This is less Streisand and more... Just continuing to do the same things you lie you didn't do
