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GOG.com gives away free horny games to protest credit card company censorship (www.avclub.com)

submitted 1 week ago by themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 week ago (3 children)

They should let people buy credits.. Then redeem them for the game they want.

[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

That won't help. The CC companies will still be facilitating the purchasing of the products which exist on the site.

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Then reduce amount off during sales and give people bonus credits whenever they buy something. Bonus credits can be used wherever...

Or... They can create their own crypto coin and people can buy that with dollars. Visa and MasterCard don't stop people (although do charge a ridiculous fee) from buying crypto already, which can be used on all sorts of more nefarious dealings.

We can get even more convoluted if we need to.

[–] plant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I sure do miss Microsoft points

[–] brsrklf@jlai.lu 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Or Wii points. With craftfully engineered payment options and prices so that emptying your account was a puzzle where you always end up buying something you didn't really want.

Combined with star points in Europe, the loyalty reward points that you couldn't use for anything for years... And then they let you exchange them for Wii points, at a ridiculously low conversion rate, and you're struggling to use those again.

[–] plant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago

Only other one in the thread that gets it lol

[–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That's just called buying a game.

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 week ago

Yeah but with extra steps to give the company plausible deniability.