Without payments processors, they can’t sell games.
Having a federated platform wouldn’t mean much if the payments processors blanket ban the platform.
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RedStrider@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Damn guess we’ll need to move to the alternative- ah wait- no- itch was the alternative.
I wonder if a federated game platform would work as an idea or if that’s just an inherently bad idea due to the nature of trusting strangers with your money.
Croquette@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Mubelotix@jlai.lu 1 day ago
Just use an intermediary and payment processors will be powerless
Croquette@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Someone’s gonna process the payment between the two banks, adding an intermediary between both banks won’t help much when it will be denied processing as well.
carotte@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
the problem is the payment processors, not itch
unless you’re fine with crypto, sending cheques by mail or having everything be free, your new platform is gonna get the same problems once it’s big enough to be noticed
rickrolled767@ttrpg.network 2 days ago
Still wouldn’t address the root problem here: payment processing companies have the power to just deny payment from even happening.
Unless you’re referring to making a federated platform that instead allows devs to connect with buyers and make transactions off channel.
Would limit widespread issues like this but now you’re opening a whole new can of worms with trust
Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Crypto payments is one solution.
Turret3857@infosec.pub 1 day ago
This but unironically. I was going to try and use monero recently just to dip my toes in the proverbial crypto water, until I found out that I can’t buy anything with monero other than drugs.