• Ace@feddit.uk
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      7 hours ago

      So mastercard still gets what they want - to distance themselves from what they see as distasteful content - but this way they also still get the cut of your transaction anyway? That doesn’t seem like the most effective protest

      • WaitThisIsntReddit@lemmy.world
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        5 hours ago

        Interesting point but… what else can we do? Mail the dev cash? PayPal direct from bank? CRYPTO. I completely forgot about crypto because of all the shady bullshit. But we buy crypto with… Mastercard. Shit.

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        3 hours ago

        The flip side of this coin is, we also get what we want. Devs get paid, and we get games.

        I’m not saying it’s ideal, and I understand your point…but it’s better than not paying. This is just a typical transaction with extra steps.

    • Fredselfish@lemmy.world
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      7 hours ago

      Me too fuck them. Maybe we can make this a trend start selling games direct and stop using Steam and Epic etc platforms. Do it how they did back during the old days as shareware.