All these companies are at the mercy of Visa/Mastercard. If they don't comply then they don't have a business anymore. It's not about Itch.io being "weak" or "bad". It's not their fault.
What we need is a reliable way to make payments to each other with no third party intermediary. This exists today.
But a lot of furries don't understand this and believe they hate the solution. But if the solution is completely open, transparent, secure, FAIR, and censorship resistant, among other things, then don't you see how that benefits you? The problem is there's a lack of education. It's a boring subject.
But AS YOU CAN SEE, if you are relying on someone else to process your payment, then there is a chance they can stop you for ridiculous reasons. You should be able to make a consensual exchange for a product or service. It's between you and the other party.
I think it's high time we just don't bother with protesting Visa/Mastercard to make changes and just... go on and do our thing without asking anyone's permission? You wanna buy and/or sell nsfw stuff? Go for it! Who cares what someone else thinks.
But education is hugely important. Economics and the history of money may not be sexy for most, but you'll see how integral it is for human society as a whole. And this is literally what Bitcoin was made for. It takes the power over money out of their hands and puts it back into yours, where it rightfully belongs.
Study the difference between it and the rest of "crypto". Yes, there's a difference. Yes, it matters. Open a history book. Learn about how the monetary system works today and in the past. See how we got to where we are today. I really don't want to keep seeing furries worry and struggle to find a place that'll let them live off of their amazing work.
