Submitted 2 months ago by Pro@reddthat.com to games@lemmy.world
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Could someone just make, like, Raunchy Mastercard and just process payments from whoever the fuck wants it? It seems like the payment processors being puritanical dipshits is a weakness that could be exploited by an enterprising competitor.
But then again, we’re talking about a natural monopoly that has been in place for decades at this point. I wouldn’t expect them to exactly play fair.
The problem is that people like MC and visa would then ban you from sending money TO RaunchyCard.
So it just moves the problem back a step.
The comment section of my favorite adult Visual novel is already getting panicked.
Eternum is really really good I swear it’s not just porn
Apparently there is some petition? Taking a look now.
Makes me wonder if Echo Project will have to worry. Echo itself doesn’t have explicit sexual content, but it does have violence with minors, kidnapping, torture, and attempted rape.
This is literally 9/11 for so many itch io games 😂
This probably has a lot to do with Texas’ new ID requirement law. These companies don’t want to have to collect IDs and be responsible for maintaining that database of PII.
not really. Collective Shout is a powerful collective that targets violence, adult content and i think also gaming in general even in contexts that make sense out of their sense what is right and wrong (which I and a lot of others dont agree with)
Payment offering companies don’t have to this, this would be the job of itch.io to comply
But this is not necessary, as VPNs exist.
Time to bring back crypto!
MystValkyrie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
Can people please stop using the genocide poem to talk about businesses indpendently choosing to moderate porn games on their platforms?
No one will die from this. There is no government mandate. This is tone-deaf and offensive for anyone who has and is currently experiencing genocide. People in my country are being rounded up and disappeared. You just can’t goon on itch anymore. Boo freaking hoo.
UnpledgedCatnapTipper@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
Yeah they can just start banning media made by and about queer people. Totally fine and won’t hurt anyone or lead to anything worse. That’s certainly not one of the first things the Nazis did…
bouh@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Censorship is always the first step. Genocide is the last step. People getting mad when the first step toward fascism is crossed is a very good thing to fight fascism and try to prevent a future genocide. This is exactly what the poem is about : react on the first step, because it will be too late when the genocide starts.
Jankatarch@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Finally someone mentions it. It’s just straight up gross to compare. But I will say it only makes sense for people to get mad over here.
In the context of US: Gay, lesbian, or trans characters existing is enough to label a media under “porn” and states like Florida regularly ban lgbtq+ books using this loophole.
So a lot of people instinctively go on defensive when anyone bans porn.
Also full story wasn’t the business independently chosing to moderate. Another company told them to and game company had to comply.
People are mad an unrelated company out there is trying to regulate what you can’t buy with your money. It just feels weird.
MotoAsh@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Straight up wholly accurate and applicable. If you don’t understand that basic fact, maybe you need to hear it referenced a few more times…