Tony Bark to [email protected]English • 5 days agoMastercard release a statement about game stores, payment processors and adult contentwww.gamingonlinux.comexternal-linkmessage-square112fedilinkarrow-up1449cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1449external-linkMastercard release a statement about game stores, payment processors and adult contentwww.gamingonlinux.comTony Bark to [email protected]English • 5 days agomessage-square112fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
minus-squareparaphrandlinkfedilinkEnglish12•edit-24 days agoWell, everyone discussing this seems to have been confused about it. Is it fucking PayPal and Stripe or fucking Mastercard and Visa?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish17•4 days agoWe’ll probably never get the whole story. Itch’s update from yesterday points the finger at stripe, others could still be involved.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•4 days agoIt almost certainly wasnt the card brands forcing the issue. They outsource that stuff to payment processors and other middle men because it’s cheaper and gives them some legal shielding if someone buys something illegal with their cards
Well, everyone discussing this seems to have been confused about it. Is it fucking PayPal and Stripe or fucking Mastercard and Visa?
We’ll probably never get the whole story. Itch’s update from yesterday points the finger at stripe, others could still be involved.
It almost certainly wasnt the card brands forcing the issue. They outsource that stuff to payment processors and other middle men because it’s cheaper and gives them some legal shielding if someone buys something illegal with their cards