Techdirt Podcast Episode 448: Transaction Denied

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/03/31/techdirt-podcast-episode-448-transaction-denied/

Found out through @kradeelav.com on Tumblr:

SubscribeStar news, as they've updated their TOS: https://subscribestar.adult/prohibited_content#content-review-and-pre-screening

To quote someone I just read: "seems more stringent than Patreon itself" (and SubStar was famously an alternative to Patreon, so...now I guess it's nothing but Patreon anymore. Yay.)

Here's a breakdown thread by Ana Valens: https://bsky.app/profile/acvalens.com/post/3mgqrdolvx22y

(If you can't read her thread, copy/paste the link into Skyview and you'll be able to read it: https://skyview.social/ )

If you'd like to know how to not doom about this, try: https://stop-paypros.neocities.org/

#subscribestar #patreon #paymentProcessors

3D Asset Marketplace Jinxxy Bans Adult Content:

https://www.gamesmarket.global/3d-asset-marketplace-jinxxy-bans-adult-content/

"These new guidelines stand out as being especially strict; banning the depiction and description of mere sex toys, for example, goes beyond what many other stores had to ban."

#VRChat #AdultContent #PaymentProcessors

Such a move by #stripe could expand usefulness for people presently unable to use it without increasing costs (like me)... but i don't think that is what they will do if they acquire #PayPal.

I have a real distaste for platforms that use stripe. They leave a lot of the world out.

Very odd 'paywall' for many in the world that don't have the access.

https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/24/stripe-is-reportedly-eyeing-deal-to-buy-some-or-all-of-paypal/

#paymentprocessors

Not sure I see it as much of a solution, trading a foreign gatekeeper for a domestic one

https://europeanbusinessmagazine.com/business/europes-24-trillion-breakup-with-visa-and-mastercard-has-begun/

Payment processors are reconsidering their stance on CSAM after the AI model Grok was implicated, while Elon Musk’s lawsuit over the issue has been dismissed. The shift could reshape how tech platforms handle image‑generation abuse and digital hate. What does this mean for open‑source AI? Read the full story. #AI #Grok #CSAM #PaymentProcessors

🔗 https://aidailypost.com/news/payment-processors-shift-csam-after-groks-involvement-musks-suit

@mewsleah there are many #PaymentProcessors that don't force #produshness of #christofascists down their clients' throats.

In fact #CreditCards like #AMEX, #VISA & #MasterCard live off #porn / #AdultContent and the moment #Normies can buy, sell and use #Monero more conveniently than hammering in CC & CVV numbers their business is dead.

• I'd even go so far as to be willing to repeat this under oath before a judge because I worked for a payment processor in the past who did and still does facilitate such payments!

"Câu hỏi về công cụ thanh toán cho dự án phụ. SS Amercia không dùng Stripe nên thử LemonSqueezy, Paddle, LavaTop (hỗ trợ crypto). Có gợi ý khác? #thuongtinphe #hongdong #tienthu #paymentprocessors #sideprojects"

https://www.reddit.com/r/SideProject/comments/1o8nzch/what_payment_processors_do_you_use_for_your_side/