BanditKeith2: I'd try to find another person as many on here in the past has disreguarded that person as well many bad things and likely will do the same here..

Breja: But why would Visa or Paypal care about that? If there's one thing you can usually rely on with these kind of corporations it's that they have no convictions either way other than profit. In D&D terms they would be Neutral Greedy.

tremere110: I noticed that Gog slowed the release of adult games significantly a while back, around the time the major payment processors started becoming uppity with adult sites. I thought at first Gog was becoming more prudish or that the adult games weren't selling but perhaps they're trying to avoid triggering the oligarchs. It's been annoying and I'm worried there will be a new Jack Thompson soon - it's not gonna stop at porn, it will spread to anything that those in power don't like.

The major payment processors need to be broken up, they have way too much influence and control.

idbeholdME: Because activist groups fabricate a perceived threat to their profit.

Breja: I just can't wrap my head around anyone taking that seriously. I mean, everyone knows sex sells so when your whole business is people paying for stuff, just any stuff, what credible threat to your profit greater than losing the "porn money" could you imagine?

I guess I just can't think stupid enough for this.

clarry: Itch.io has been demonetizing "certain types of porn games" for a while now.

EDIT: And yes, they kneel before payment providers. Attached screenshot from creator faq.

Breja: I just can't wrap my head around anyone taking that seriously. I mean, everyone knows sex sells so when your whole business is people paying for stuff, just any stuff, what credible threat to your profit greater than losing the "porn money" could you imagine?

I guess I just can't think stupid enough for this.

idbeholdME: It's well organized. And when payment processors get bombarded hard enough with pre-fabricated spam mails, important looking letters and petitions constantly complaining about it, making it seem like that's what the general public wants is not that difficult. Along with good old threats about what "might happen" if they refuse. When have I heard that before I wonder.... The vast majority remains silent, activists scream, that's what we get.

Cavalary: If only that'd work just as well for the activists with better and more necessary goals... But they don't seem to be nearly as receptive to cutting off payments to, say, companies responsible for environmental destruction or unsafe working conditions or even modern slavery and child labor, or the typical whole package, rack in profits in wealthier countries while exploiting both the environment and workers in poorer ones and then hide away said profits in tax havens...

reseme: yes that is exactly what they want.

I should be free to do commerce with whoever I want but now it depends of the whims of some politician or CEO.

Look at the US president, every day keeps deciding that no one can do commerce with a country or people, next day you can do commerce with them, and then the day after you can't again.

This is exactly why letting some random politician or CEO come up with the rules on the fly is a dangerous and bad idea.

Off course it doesn't mean you can't have governments not intervene if the commerce is dangerous for other people, but these interventions needs to be proven, based on clear laws and restricted to the people/companies that break the laws.

Not just: from today you can't buy games with big boobs anymore because we want to push and androgynous type of female that doesn't have boobs. Which I don't mind personally but having only that as an option is ridiculous.

Breja: So... what exactly is the angle here? I mean, what does Visa or Paypal or whoever care what you're paying for? Shouldn't they just want you to make as many transactions as possible? Why would they ever want something people need their services for to be removed?