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submitted 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) by glowing_hans@sopuli.xyz to c/steam@lemmy.ml

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Visa & Master Card blocked Payments for steam games.

Alt text: Fancy guy with Visa/Mastercard logo on his head in suit says: I do not think people should be allowed to buy these type of games. itch.io and steam reply: nobody is talking to you. Just process the payment, payment processor.

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[–] Tenderizer78@lemmy.ml -5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I could accept the porn restrictions, because there is a genuine risk of real harm if adequate safeguards are not put on porn sites. Plus porn isn't really art (don't drag me into that debate, if you disagree just say you disagree).

With games, there is next to no risk of real harm and games are art. It is orders of magnitude worse.

[–] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

A payment processor should have no say in whether I can spend my money on something. They should be following the law and that's it. If there is no law saying what I want to purchase is illegal, then they should STAY THE FUCK OUT OF IT. PERIOD.

[–] Tenderizer78@lemmy.ml -2 points 6 days ago

They shouldn't, but I could accept it because their actions when it came to porn sites probably did protect people (or could've, at least). Targetting Steam is not something I can accept.