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[–] RedStrider@lemmy.world 32 points 1 day ago (9 children)

Damn guess we'll need to move to the alternative- ah wait- no- itch was the alternative.


I wonder if a federated game platform would work as an idea or if that's just an inherently bad idea due to the nature of trusting strangers with your money.

[–] rickrolled767@ttrpg.network 24 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Still wouldn't address the root problem here: payment processing companies have the power to just deny payment from even happening.

Unless you're referring to making a federated platform that instead allows devs to connect with buyers and make transactions off channel.

Would limit widespread issues like this but now you're opening a whole new can of worms with trust

[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 8 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Crypto payments is one solution.

[–] Turret3857@infosec.pub 7 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

This but unironically. I was going to try and use monero recently just to dip my toes in the proverbial crypto water, until I found out that I can't buy anything with monero other than drugs.

[–] dawcas@scribe.disroot.org 2 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

I recall you could pay for some VPS but it was years ago and I know nothing about the current situation.

Cryptocurrency was going to be an alternative coin but it's just used to speculate and buy illegal things.

[–] MouldyCat@feddit.uk 1 points 2 hours ago

buy illegal things

but that is actually what we're here for in this thread - we want to buy things that our masters say we cannot.

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