Comment on Mastercard release a statement about game stores, payment processors and adult content

• ano_ba_to@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Trendy and morally correct. If we can hate on Mastercard for the banning of adult content on Steam, we can blame crypto and the people around it for the scams and the continuing environmental harm.

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  • ipitco@lemmybefree.net ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Why blame crypto instead of the specific parts of a different community? You can’t generalize a group because of the actions of a few individuals

    Cryptos impact is high but not as much as many other fields, and it’s not for the love of profit, but as a necessity to protect a decentralized currency used by lots of people

    Many cryptos don’t even have any environmental cost

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    • ano_ba_to@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Why use Mastercard as an excuse to move to crypto? You can’t generalize the problems of the current monetary system because of the actions of a few. Crypto’s impact is high? It is a non-essential. Many cryptos don’t matter. And bitcoin, as the one people gravitate towards, is awful for the environment, for something that is a non-essential (and not even a practical currency).

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      • ipitco@lemmybefree.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        I have always criticized the current system

        Payment processors are just part of it. Each time similar issues arise, I’m here

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