this post was submitted on 18 Jul 2025
145 points (97.4% liked)

Gaming

3673 readers
43 users here now

The Lemmy.zip Gaming Community

For news, discussions and memes!


Community Rules

This community follows the Lemmy.zip Instance rules, with the inclusion of the following rule:

You can see Lemmy.zip's rules by going to our Code of Conduct.

What to Expect in Our Code of Conduct:


If you enjoy reading legal stuff, you can check it all out at legal.lemmy.zip.


founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[โ€“] azertyfun@sh.itjust.works 19 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It's not related to Trump/Congress. They almost unironically got OnlyFans to ban sexual content from their own website a few years back due to the militant actions of one fringe puritanical group. They got memed so hard they eventually backed down, but MasterCard&Visa have been acting as World Sexuality Police for a very long time.

I don't think it's a rational financial decision, AFAICT they just have a puritanical leadership. As a cartel they don't have to be maximally financially efficient. Their continued existence is an artefact of the 20th century, and their corporate values reflect that.

Hopefully Wero takes off soon to introduce some competition in the online payment market.

[โ€“] dil@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Yeah I've heard about this issue forever, its always about the payment processors not legality (I guess the payment processors terms make it illegal but whatever)