• Lvxferre [he/him]
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    1973 days ago

    I don’t care about porn games, but:

    The fact MasterCard, Visa, and PayPal can censor lawful content is problematic, to say the least.

    • ShadowRam
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      Ridiculous on their part.

      With crypto going more and more mainstream, it won’t be long before another payment system shows up and starts competing against Visa/MC and Paypal.

      They are opening up a lane for a competitor to fill a fairly large gap.

    • Ogmios
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      13 days ago

      Agreed… but, they can do it because people have been deeply irresponsible with how they themselves have related to the industry, driving the view that it’s necessary in decision making circles.

      • Lvxferre [he/him]
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        312 days ago

        I don’t think it’s just a matter of personal responsibility; it’s part of the socio-economic system, whoever controls the capital can force others depending on it to do things they don’t want to. In this case PP/MC/Visa forcing itch.io.

        • Ogmios
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          Right, that’s why they CAN do it, but I’m talking about why they WANT to do it. Basically people have become so insanely over saturated with porn in their own lives, we’ve literally just had to endure an entire decade of perverts making their own politics about almost nothing other than their sexual perversions.

          So really, either man the fuck up and actually prove to people that those who choose to live as you do aren’t less than worthless shit disturbers, or recognize that you have a problem and give it up. You can choose which one.

          • simple
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            192 days ago

            That’s up to government regulations and something that people can vote on - not something the payment processor can suddenly control and block

          • PonyOfWar
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            242 days ago

            So really, either man the fuck up and actually prove to people that those who choose to live as you do aren’t less than worthless shit disturbers, or recognize that you have a problem and give it up. You can choose which one.

            I don’t see why I’d have to prove anything to some random payment providers. Their job is to handle my payment for any legal purpose, not to morally judge me because some conservative organization from the other side of the world told them to.

            • Ogmios
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              And that attitude is exactly why the progressive movement is collapsing around you. I’m not talking about what you personally are into, I’m talking about the entitlement of assholes who are so perverted that they think they are OWED the delivery of pornography through public spaces. Get a fucking grip and people might take you seriously again.

              • @[email protected]
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                People are entitled to equality in service. Porn is no more illegal then alcohol. If you can go to a grocery store and buy a bottle of whiskey on credit, then why should porn be treated any different?

                • Ogmios
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                  12 days ago

                  Dude. Kids aren’t being delivered alcohol.

                  Get a fucking grip.

                  • @[email protected]
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                    42 days ago

                    Dude. Stores have age restrictions. If they lie and steal their parents card… thats a parental issue.

          • Lvxferre [he/him]
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            182 days ago

            Right, that’s why they CAN do it, but I’m talking about why they WANT to do it.

            The reason why PP/MC/Visa “want” to do this has zero to do with “porn saturation” or whatever. It’s basically “brand management”; they’re seeing servicing sites with specific types of adult content as “brand damage”, so they pressure those sites to not do it. That’s it; if they believed the opposite they’d gladly force itch io to show a dick in the front page.

            In turn, the reason Collective Shout is pressuring PP/MC/Visa through “brand damage” mostly boils down to conservative babble. Check this, regarding the group’s founder and take your own conclusions.

          • @[email protected]
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            72 days ago

            What the fuck are you even talking about? I cant tell if youre defending this shit, or having some weird view where you think youre against it. Either way, eww.

          • @[email protected]
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            142 days ago

            I’m talking about why they WANT to do it.

            Hm… Looks to me like you’re making excuses for a group of crazy anti-LGBTQ evangelicals who are using lies and slander to police the world based on your own flawed morality.

            • Ogmios
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              12 days ago

              You think Visa is run by crazy evangelicals?

          • @[email protected]
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            32 days ago

            That’s not why they want to do the it. They want to do it because money and power.

            They meaning everybody.