The hilarious thing is, according to Valve, MC won’t even communicate directly with them.
You have one job.
Submitted 3 weeks ago by Morph9@lemmy.zip to [deleted]
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mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
ohellidk@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks 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.
Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
Steam gift cards can be paid in cash
Lucky_777@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
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.
sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
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.
pennomi@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
burgerchurgarr@lemmus.org 3 weeks ago
Stablecoins already solve that. Not very trustworthy because they could in theory do the same but as a temporary solution should work.
sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
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.
outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Gabebucks
They sell them at gamestop and best buy.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
Then Steam is still in breach of MC/Visas terms
Are they even in breach of those terms right now? My understanding was that it only mentions illegal games. This was part of the reason why MC isn’t even talking to Valve, because they have no leg to stand on.
psx_crab@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
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.
explodicle@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
DAI is pegged to the US dollar
bobo1900@startrek.website 2 weeks ago
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.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
You can probably find a place to buy Steam gift cards with crypto…
Paddzr@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
You might, but most won’t.
Monster96@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Sure thing…jackass…
icegladiator@lemy.lol 2 weeks ago
Payment processors have been censoring people due to politics for years, sad that them censoring porn is the only way to get this side of the internet riled up about it
petrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
Stoke the fire, don’t complain it wasn’t burning yesterday.
weremacaque@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Might as well start using cash almost exclusively except for buying Steam gift cards.
AceFuzzLord@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
The fact I can hear their exact voices saying this says something.
SoupBrick@pawb.social 3 weeks ago
If anybody is bored:
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communist@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 2 weeks ago
This may be a valid usecase for AI, too
siha@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
No.