Comment on [Update: Valve Responds] Mastercard Denies Pressuring Steam To Censor 'NSFW' Games
PlzGivHugs@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Tl;dr: Mastercard syas didn’t “force” Valve to remove nsfw games. It just told them that if they didn’t remove the games that were complained about by Collect Shout, they’ll block them.
AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Couldn’t they just block collective shout thus probably losing far less business?
PlzGivHugs@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Mastercard? Yes, but then they’d have to admit that they were in the wromg.
HarkMahlberg@kbin.earth 3 weeks ago
Unless MC and Visa are run by people who already agree with Collective Shout and are just using them as an excuse to enforce this policy.
AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Don’t they have shareholders though?
HarkMahlberg@kbin.earth 3 weeks ago
If they do, that includes them. Decision makers at all levels, nobody gets to say "hey I didn't make Mastercard act this way." Because the status quo would have been to carry on processing video game payments, even in the face of a minority faction like Collective Shout.