I mean, they have no problems offering transaction services to obvious scams like “find sex in your region” and other scammy find relationship websites.
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Petter1@discuss.tchncs.de 8 months ago
Transaction companies should not play police, in my opinion
In fact no company should play being police
This is why we have the digital market act
How are transaction offering companies not included there? Who gives them the right to choose what people consume?
Way do much centralised power
Basically a dictatorship
Fuck that
Petter1@discuss.tchncs.de 8 months ago
Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 8 months ago
This will never go away. Payment processors make life easy for most consumers, people like them. And as long as we have them, they hold all the power around how money can be used. And they will always be limited by governments and local laws.
If you don’t like the situation, use cash. If that’s too inconvenient Bitcoin is essentially your only other option.
bouh@lemmy.world 8 months ago
They have the power because states gave it to them. States can very easily take it back. But they won’t because they’re corrupted assholes.
Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Not even… They have the power because you gave it to them. States can take it away, but that’s worse, you don’t want that.
But it doesn’t really matter, it’s all connected. The payment processors control how money can be used and the state controls how they’re allowed to let you use it. And you let it all happen by voluntarily using a credit card.
bouh@lemmy.world 8 months ago
How do you pay for a steam game without a credit card?
Petter1@discuss.tchncs.de 8 months ago
Bitcoin, and the millions other way more efficient alternatives 😜
9bananas@feddit.org 8 months ago
“Bitcoin” and “efficient” do not fit together like that…
Petter1@discuss.tchncs.de 8 months ago
I guess you interpreted my comment wrong…
What I say is that basically any alternative crypto coin is way more efficient than bitcoin and thus it would be dumb to go for bitcoin compared to the trillion other crypto coins.
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