• tfowinder@sh.itjust.works
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    9 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.

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      8 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.

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      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

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        allow

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

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        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.

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    9 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.

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        7 days ago

        Visa and Mastercard operate worldwide and as far as I know many games got blocked in other countries too right? Because that would mean a lot of countries could be having anti trust investigations.

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    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.

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    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

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    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.

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    8 days 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.

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

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      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.

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      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.