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Mastercard release a statement about game stores, payment processors and adult content (www.gamingonlinux.com)
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[–] jbloggs777@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

It's time for Steam to launch their own payment processing company, and apply pressure directly on the card networks and the future competition.

It won't be nearly as profitable as their current business model, but sometimes industries need a shakeup.

[–] Psythik@lemmy.world -5 points 14 hours ago (3 children)

They don't need to start a payment processing company. All they gotta do is start accepting crypto again.

I mean come on, the solution is so obvious. This is what cryptocurency was designed for. But Lemmy refuses to see it. You'll just downvote me and call it a scam like you always do.

[–] Fontasia@feddit.nl 12 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

The problem is not with crypto itself, it's with the part of the community (certainly the loudest) who have been telling the public to treat it as an investment asset.

[–] Randelung@lemmy.world 10 points 12 hours ago

For me, the fact that you have to burn down an amazon forest for every transaction kinda matters, too.

[–] ipitco@lemmybefree.net 1 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

And then people associate crypto with scam even if that’s incorrect because they don’t know better

So it’s a people problem?

[–] odama626@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago

I think you getting my upvote was a scam

[–] ipitco@lemmybefree.net -2 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

This, but hating on crypto is trendy

[–] ano_ba_to@sopuli.xyz 3 points 6 hours ago

Trendy and morally correct. If we can hate on Mastercard for the banning of adult content on Steam, we can blame crypto and the people around it for the scams and the continuing environmental harm.