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I think this is bit what the post is trying to say.
A few days ago, visa and MasterCard forced steam to stop selling some games they didn't like, and is not the first time. For many of us (I'm not a bitcoiner nor a crypto bro, my entire crypto wallet is 1usd) the first thought was "this is ridiculous. They have a duopoly so they get to decide the rules of the internet. This can be solved with crypto to remove all the unnecessary middlemen". I felt the push. It reignited my interest in the tech and am once again seeing what's out there, fees, and transaction times looking for a good balance