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Boycott Steam.

They were not even willing to fight back with the power of 5% of their annual revenue.

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[–] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works -3 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Stupid take, and you all shouldnt be playing loli rape games.

[–] JubJubBird@sh.itjust.works 1 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

Not every porn game is csam

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 hours ago

No porn game is CSAM. The entire point of that acronym is that it stands for "photographic evidence of child rape."

[–] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works -1 points 13 hours ago

I think you are behind on your arguments, these days its "the girls aren't real so there is no abuse".

Sorta sounds like "I want to express my desires to fuck children" if you turn your head a certain way.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 26 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Blaming the wrong people. Blame Collective Shout and Stripe

[–] shani66@ani.social 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Wrong people, again. Although harassing conservative puritans is always a plus in my book. The real issue is visa and MasterCard, which steam could absolutely fuck over btw.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org -3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

No YOU have the wrong people. Visa and Mastercard have nothing to do with it.

E: if anyone wants to explain why I'm being downvoted, even after providing proof, please feel free.

[–] shani66@ani.social 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They're the ones refusing payment.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org -1 points 22 hours ago (1 children)
[–] shani66@ani.social 2 points 21 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 0 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

Okay, I'm sure you know better than the companies that are being subjected to these terms and removing games.

The situation is evolving as we await final determinations from our current payment processors, Stripe and PayPal

And in fact, Mastercard themselves

Mastercard has not evaluated any game or required restrictions of any activity on game creator sites and platforms, contrary to media reports and allegations.

[–] Darkcoffee@sh.itjust.works 16 points 2 days ago (2 children)

You do understand that without payment processors they lose all revenue streams altogether, right? Like, none of us can buy games anymore.

The oligopoly in that industry is insane.

[–] JubJubBird@sh.itjust.works 1 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Steam gift cards with codes have been working great for me so far to recharge my wallet. They can switch to those

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 hours ago

Cash-only? Off the rack, at CVS?

[–] rikudou@lemmings.world -3 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Well, you could buy on GOG.

[–] gerryflap@feddit.nl 3 points 20 hours ago

For now. If the payment providers truly want this then it's only a matter of time. GOG can't function without them either

[–] HertzDentalBar@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

"just go the next state over for your abortion it will be fine"

[–] rikudou@lemmings.world -2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Help us, gods of all false equivalences!

[–] shani66@ani.social 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That's not a false equivalence, is the people that control how your money is spent say no more games then you get no more games.

[–] rikudou@lemmings.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That is very extremely false equivalence. First, equating right to abortion with right to buy nsfw games is ridiculous. If I only could choose one, it would definitely be right to abortion and I would hope most people would vote the same.

Second, I'm simply saying if a store doesn't offer what you want, why not support the one that does?

[–] shani66@ani.social 3 points 1 day ago

Because it isn't the store not offering what you want, it's the payment processors not letting stores sell this, that'll affect every single store on earth as they become more aware of it

We met and decided, theres no help for you unfortunately.