Censorship. Why are businesses telling us what our rights are? Payment processors need to be regulated tighter to prevent this.
"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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ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 1 month ago
rursta@retrolemmy.com 1 month ago mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Jesus Christ, you need meds
Triumph@fedia.io 1 month ago
This is what crypto could be for.
AudaciousArmadillo@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 month 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.
mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 1 month 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.
djsoren19@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month 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.
brucethemoose@lemmy.world 1 month 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.
Noja@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
You’re wrong about onlyfans not being censored, it absolutely is being censored by the payment processors.
brucethemoose@lemmy.world 1 month 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.
melsaskca@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
“We must make money any way possible. Fuck you’re morals and ethics. Nothing counts unless it sells!!”
Noja@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
you’re morals
you are morals?
Also, fuck Visa and Mastercard for their christofascist censorship.
realcaseyrollins@hilariouschaos.com 1 month ago
I like some of the Jack Conte songs, but what does he know about videogames?
Bustedknuckles@lemmy.world 1 month 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,
Triumph@fedia.io 1 month ago
TIL. That's nuts.
uberdroog@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Fuck that guy
Duke_Nukem_1990@feddit.org 1 month ago
Lemme guess, you misread that as “Palantir”?
uberdroog@lemmy.world 1 month ago
No, his music is ass
TheDeadInternet@lemmy.world 1 month 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.