Natasha JayVisa and Mastercard are getting overwhelmed by gamer fury over censorship. So in other words, keep it up!
https://www.polygon.com/news/616835/visa-mastercard-steam-itchio-campaign-adult-games
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JRT@Natasha_Jay Money Quote: “There’s really only 2 things that can unite Gamers: hate campaigns and gooning.” 😂
Little Rao@Natasha_Jay Just sad that we see this with NSFW games but not other important topics 😔
Ig anti-right to repair measures, or M$ pushing in ads into a payed product would deserve also such a lashback
Ig anti-right to repair measures, or M$ pushing in ads into a payed product would deserve also such a lashback
stux⚡@Natasha_Jay I'm gonna send some mails to them also! 💪
stefan@Natasha_Jay Porn wins again. Sure is funny to see how fucking organized people can be if they really want to
Kaki@Natasha_Jay I really did not expect this amount of attention for adult games of all things at all, a pleasant surprise :)
Hope that eventually right to repair will get some mainstream attention as well...
Hope that eventually right to repair will get some mainstream attention as well...
@kaki
I think it's impacting a lot of non-adult LGBTQ content by default. Which may well be the goal of the groups seeking this ban
I think it's impacting a lot of non-adult LGBTQ content by default. Which may well be the goal of the groups seeking this ban
@Natasha_Jay @kaki and everyone know they will start by adult and after expand more and more, as such saying no imediatly is mandatory.
NotBlackMagic@Natasha_Jay @kaki Groups being a bunch of SWERFs.
Mr. Moresco@kaki @Natasha_Jay the porn industry is notorious for making technology exist, if I remember correctly they're responsible for VHS over Beta, DVD over Laserdisc. Not sure if anything else. But once they pick a side, that side wins. So they will win this fight.
kahlenar@Natasha_Jay damn these Reddit comments read like that simple sabotage post I keep seeing on Mastodon
solastalgia kris“Emails can be ignored, but a very very long queue making it near impossible for other clients to get in will help a lot as well,”
This is very naive. Duopolies do not care how long clients have to wait, what are they gonna do switch providers?
The Agender KiwiMaybe not, but once that long line starts to impact their bottom line, then they suddenly care. Always target their bottom line, for that's all *they* care about too.
Json Doh@iyashikei_kris @Natasha_Jay I'm sure they have a filter bot sitting on that inbox and sorting the incoming emails into categories. Similar to ones we use to block spam.
The only difference from spam filters is that they have to respond to every inquiry. So the bot detects this kind of flash mob messages, responds with a prewritten reply, and closes the cases in bulk. No human intervention is needed.
Thad@Natasha_Jay Oh thank God. I've come to expect a very different kind of story when I hear "gamer fury over censorship."
Nicola@Natasha_Jay Whats with all that garbage AI imagery tho?
congusbongusgames@CryogenicIce9 @Natasha_Jay it’s not AI, the image credits the artist, an NSFW creator
aspragg@congusbongus @CryogenicIce9 @Natasha_Jay Good spot, thanks. Easy mistake to make though - there are some things, like the cat-ear headphones whose halves don't seem to connect across the top of the head, or just that big mess of hair out back, had me thinking it might be GenAI for a minute.
richrockster@Natasha_Jay Excellent news!
Arik@Natasha_Jay from the article:
We do not make moral judgments on legal purchases made by consumers. Visa does not moderate content sold by merchants, nor do we have visibility into the specific goods or services sold when we process a transaction.
Outright lies.
When a legally operating merchant faces an elevated risk of illegal activity, we require enhanced safeguards for the banks supporting those merchants.
The fact that Visa tolerate some types of legal activities but not other types of legal activity, for example one type of pornography and not another type of activity, shows that they are full of it.
@Natasha_Jay Also, if the goal is to jam up the phone lines at the providers to reduce sales - don't contact customer support. Contact using the channels the merchants use to authorise transactions. For example - https://nationalprocessing.com/blog/voice-authorization-basics/
Kenner@Natasha_Jay we can do better
Filipi Limi@Natasha_Jay is that an AI-generated image in the article? 🤔
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Solution: start using #Bitcoin the way it was originally intended instead.
#PaymentMethods
Solution: start using #Bitcoin the way it was originally intended instead.
#PaymentMethods
unawarewolf 🐺@Natasha_Jay
Is nice to see gamers finally going after SWERFS and other people who could actually reasonably be called "feminazis" as opposed to just normal feminists who are just vibing for once.
Is nice to see gamers finally going after SWERFS and other people who could actually reasonably be called "feminazis" as opposed to just normal feminists who are just vibing for once.
Colin B.@Natasha_Jay I certainly hope this has got their attention, but I'm doubtful.
No matter what else you may think about them, the credit card comoanies know their business and risk assessment better than any other. They know how much every decision will cost before they implement it. Odds are good they know exactly how much this is going to cost vs. appeasing the religious right.
mit_scharf@Natasha_Jay ja, schön, aber wird nichts an den Firmen ändern.
Andy FletcherWhilst companies are generally entitled to pick and chose who they accept payments or services to/from this changes when they become an effective utility.
If you are a an effective monopoly (Visa & Mastercard) in the payment processing space then you should accept all LEGAL payments without deciding if you like the involved parties.
This is very relevant as a lot of organisations are moving away from cash.
Sonikku@Natasha_Jay
The payment processors have long since been the little bitches of governments. They are doing what the government wants to do eventually, censor adult/NSFW stuff completely. They're working in tandem with the US Government and a few select others like the Australian government, because, they have an issue with smut and anything like this. It's been coming for a while now
The payment processors have long since been the little bitches of governments. They are doing what the government wants to do eventually, censor adult/NSFW stuff completely. They're working in tandem with the US Government and a few select others like the Australian government, because, they have an issue with smut and anything like this. It's been coming for a while now
[Yaseenist] CauseOfBSODPerhaps a different comment in that thread summarizes the ordeal best: “There’s really only 2 things that can unite Gamers: hate campaigns and gooning.”
Thats going in the quote book
FoxVK@Natasha_Jay lol that web told me it care about my privacy and asks to share my data with 1638 partners 😂