Let me just mail my money in an envelope to Valve. That would get rid of the middleman!
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threeonefour@piefed.ca 12 hours ago
The headline doesn't seem to match the article.
one of PayPal’s acquiring banks decided to stop processing any Steam transactions, which cut off PayPal on Steam for a number of currencies
As of early July, the currencies that can still use PayPal on Steam include EUR, CAD, GBP, JPY, AUD and USD.
It seems like a bank that processes PayPal payments in minor currencies has stopped processing transactions for Steam because of the content it hosts. Shouldn't people be mad at this bank, not Steam?
ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com 9 hours ago
unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 11 hours ago
Steam should implement direct bank payments to decentralize the payment infrastructure. Steam is not blameless in this.
sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 hours ago
What you are saying is basically:
Steam should just have immediately invented its own PayPal, its own payment processing system, that works everywhere.
I mean… I do think this is something they could actually do, but its kind of nuts to just frame this as if they could have just flipped a switch and such a system would exist, blamo.
No, this would be a huge undertaking, which would, as many other Valve projects and concepts, take time.
You can’t just instantly implement what you seem to think you can. None this works that way, at all.
unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 9 hours ago
Hence the “past two decades” part of my comment. Sure it would take time, but looking at valves investment into linux gaming, tbey are no stranger to long term gambles. The status quo being the status quo doesnt absolve people from things. If it did, we could never improve anything in the world.
sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 hours ago
Lemme put it this way.
Valve did not prepare for unforseen consequences.
I don’t think anyone really thought that what is happening right now was a likely thing that would happen, going back 20 years.
Payment processors had never had a problem with this before, and then blam.
Its… dubious to frame this as if this foundational business infrastructure that had never before shown any cracks or signs of wear… should just have been reasonably expected to suddenly shatter into a thousand pieces at some point.
Sure, yes, they could have been more forward looking, but you’re already talking about one of the most innovative and forward looking companies in gaming.
Derpenheim@lemmy.zip 8 hours ago
“My local grocer stopped selling meat for some reason, but really its my fault for not having a 100 acre cattle farm already in the works, since I’ve been eating meat my entire life”
Why would valve have any reason to need their own payment processing? thats why these services exist, to use them and their infrastructure instead of having to make your own. That’s the foundation of an economy your are arguing against here.
Blaster_M@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
Not if the bank won’t sccept the deposits