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ohellidk@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Could they accept crypto? I can pay for my shady IPTV service with it, so why not games too? There’s gotta be a way around this.
Wouldn’t solve the problem.
If Steam republished all its now censored games, and magically developed and implemented a world class crypto payment system overnight…
Then Steam is still in breach of MC/Visas terms, and MC and Visa drop them, and now everyone has no choice other than to use GabeBucks or w/e to purchase Steam games with.
Gabebucks
They sell them at gamestop and best buy.
They could easily accept crypto. The problem is paying devs and staff. You have to pay them with dollars or their native currency.
If crypto was mass adopted, this is the ultimate answer and would put them out of business anyways.
They could easily accept crypto.
No, they could not, not easily.
The problem is paying devs and staff. You have to pay them with dollars or their native currency.
… Yes. These are… the main reasons why this is not easy.
You’re basically either running your own FOREX exhange, which is costly, complicated, expensive and intensive…
Or you are holding a significant chunk of your operating budget in… one, many, all cryptos? Which is extremely financially risky…
Or, you’re paying people directly in crypto, which ironically, probably a vast majority of people and entities that publish on Steam would quit the platform if that was mandated… kinda like how MC+Visa making a unilateral decision forced Steam to ban a bunch of games.
…
You’re doing magical thinking.
Stop that.
Stablecoins already solve that. Not very trustworthy because they could in theory do the same but as a temporary solution should work.
Quick question, which stablecoins have actually been stable for 5 years?
10?
Yeah dude convert that shit as soon as you get it, don’t hold it. I’m not a fan but for receiving salary or processing payments in USD it does the job
Crypto is volatile, any volatile currency is not a good currency to be used, as most people will either hoard it or trade it. Alternatively people can use steam wallet.
DAI is pegged to the US dollar
But what is USD pegged to? 🤔
You might, but most won’t.
10 or so years ago, Steam accepted payments in Bitcoin, for some reason they stopped, so they certinaly can do that but chose not to.
Also, 99% of people would not use it so wouldn’t change much.
Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
Steam gift cards can be paid in cash