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Mastercard deflects blame for NSFW games being taken down, but Valve says payment processors 'specifically cited' a Mastercard rule about damaging the brand (www.pcgamer.com)
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Statement: https://www.mastercard.com/us/en/news-and-trends/press/2025/august/clarifying-recent-headlines-on-gaming-content.html

Mastercard has not evaluated any game or required restrictions of any activity on game creator sites and platforms, contrary to media reports and allegations.

Our payment network follows standards based on the rule of law. Put simply, we allow all lawful purchases on our network. At the same time, we require merchants to have appropriate controls to ensure Mastercard cards cannot be used for unlawful purchases, including illegal adult content.

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[–] Resonosity@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 day ago (2 children)

With how volatile cryptocurrency has been in general in the last decade or so, I wouldn't bet on it.

Crypto is ultimately a different form of money, as compared with fiat.

What I think people in this discussion are seeking is an electronic, FOSS , secure network that can facilitate economic transactions of fiat currency.

Of course the two don't have to be mutually exclusive

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Does DAI count?

[–] Resonosity@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What's DAI?

[–] Septimaeus@infosec.pub 3 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Deliberate Anal Inebriation — a.k.a. “boofing,” “plugging,” “butt chugging,” “booty bumping,” And so forth — is a popular subgenre of concert-style praise music long enjoyed by American evangelicals.

[–] Resonosity@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

That's... Way out of left field for this post lol

[–] Septimaeus@infosec.pub 1 points 11 hours ago

Yeah I guess Collective Shout are fans, but I’m not one to judge

[–] arin@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Fiat currency is the problem

[–] hraegsvelmir@ani.social 19 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

It really isn't, in this case. The issue is not the currency being used for the transactions, but rather two companies having a duopoly on processing those transactions that allow them to dictate terms to other people on how they can legally use their money. If there were two similar points of failure in processing cryptocurrency transactions, they would be just as vulnerable to having whoever occupied those two spots throwing their weight around. Sure, I suppose in that situation, companies could take payments to a new wallet easier than they could open new business accounts, and bypass the restrictions temporarily, but it still wouldn't be a viable solution in the long term.