correct. so they could sue itch, which does have an agreement with them. and itch can sue the processors.
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Newsteinleo@midwest.social 3 weeks agoLikely not, the devs don’t have an agreement of any kind with the processor.
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
SynonymousStoat@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Yeah, I figured it would probably be something more like that order of operations. But I’m also sure there is probably a clause in the agreement between dev and store that says they can pull your game for any reason without notice, so there’s probably nothing that can be done.
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
correct, but it could be argued the clause is too broad and doesn’t fit into the current circumstances considering it wasn’t a choice itch made, but a choice their payment processor forced them to make.
that in itself could be a bridge that leads to a direct confrontation between developers and mastercard.
finitebanjo@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Valve, on the other hand, should be sueing if the Mastercard statement proves false and it was in fact their policies forcing the Steam and Itch io takedowns.