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
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paraphrand@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoWell, everyone discussing this seems to have been confused about it. Is it fucking PayPal and stripe or fucking Mastercard and visa?
satansbartender@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
darcmage@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
We’ll probably never get the whole story. Itch’s update from yesterday points the finger at stripe, others could still be involved.