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"We have to have free human expression in some capacity": Patreon CEO shares frustrations about getting adult content past payment processors

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https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/we-have-to-have-free-human-expression-in-some-capacity-patreon-ceo-shares-frustrations-about-getting-adult-content-past-payment-processors

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  • TheDeadInternet@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Honestly payment processors shouldn’t be able to do this but an alternative would be host it and take crypto ( I’m not a crypto fanboy)

    If you can’t host it then use torrents because these kinda games aren’t exactly hard to crack.

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  • ChicoSuave@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Censorship. Why are businesses telling us what our rights are? Payment processors need to be regulated tighter to prevent this.

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    • rursta@retrolemmy.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      wait u r srs? lmlh🤣

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      • mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Jesus Christ, you need meds

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  • Triumph@fedia.io ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    This is what crypto could be for.

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    • AudaciousArmadillo@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Eh, not really. Technologies cannot fix sociatal problems. Either you have no possibility of regulations/controls on payments, then people will buy CSAM with it. Or you have some form of control and who ever is in power can try shit like this 🤷

      True democratic control might be best, but even then a majority could still oppose niche stuff for silly reasons.

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    • mindbleach@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Trouble is, cash you can e-mail became a wiggly line going up, so people bet on it and ruined everything.

      Proper cryptocurrency would constantly lose value and be a hot potato people seek to get rid of. Readily available - valuable through exchange - aggressively encouraging that exchange.

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    • djsoren19@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I’ll never forgive the techbros for fucking over crypto so hard. You’re absolutely right that examples like these are a great reason why payment systems not bound by nations or corporations are good and important, but nobody is going to care anymore because they just see crypto as a scam.

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  • brucethemoose@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Yeah, fuck the payment processors.

    They don’t bat an eye at OnlyFans but turn their nose up to smaller fish like Patreon? They have NO leg to stand on.

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    • Noja@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      You’re wrong about onlyfans not being censored, it absolutely is being censored by the payment processors.

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      • brucethemoose@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Are they?

        They seem to accept credit cards. And: www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/…/77932811007/

        I’ve heard of the payment processors trying to dictate what isn’t and isn’t allowed on OF, which is of course scummy. But I really think they’re having their cake and eating it here.

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  • melsaskca@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    “We must make money any way possible. Fuck you’re morals and ethics. Nothing counts unless it sells!!”

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    • Noja@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      you’re morals

      you are morals?

      Also, fuck Visa and Mastercard for their christofascist censorship.

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  • realcaseyrollins@hilariouschaos.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I like some of the Jack Conte songs, but what does he know about videogames?

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  • Bustedknuckles@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    It’s always weird seeing the pomplemoose/scary pockets keyboardist weighing in as a CEO. I genuinely like patreon since artists have been screwed by labels for decades and it represents an alternative,

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    • Triumph@fedia.io ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      TIL. That's nuts.

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  • uberdroog@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Fuck that guy

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    • Duke_Nukem_1990@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Lemme guess, you misread that as “Palantir”?

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      • uberdroog@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        No, his music is ass

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    • remon@ani.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Any particular reason why?

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      • uberdroog@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        His remixes are terrible

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