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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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[–] seejur@lemmy.world 89 points 21 hours ago (4 children)

Of course, because when everyone buy a game on steam the FIRST thing it comes to their mind is the credit card brand they used. What a load of bullock.

FFS I don't even remember which one of my credit card I have saved on steam.

MasterCard can go fuck themselves. Great job saving your brand

[–] dogs0n@sh.itjust.works 34 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Seriously rediculous, most people don't even know if their card is Visa or Mastercard, nor do they care (because they dont know what they are or what they mean).

(This is from my experience with people i know)

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 6 points 4 hours ago

Mastercard have changed their design so that it no longer says Mastercard on it, and it's just the two circles. I bloody hate it, MasterCard thought they were able to get away with it because they thought they had brand recognition but literally no one cares about them.

Also they've been fine with porn games up until now and literally no one cared.

[–] bss03@infosec.pub 7 points 18 hours ago

I use Paypal and they charge my Discover (Novus network, IIRC). No MC policy issue, let me buy what I want.

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 7 points 20 hours ago

A bullock is a steer. You wanted bollocks.

[–] BowtiesAreCool@lemmy.world 3 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

I don’t have any credit cards saved on steam. I only use PayPal for steam purchases.

[–] SippyCup@feddit.nl 25 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

😬

I'd rather pay with my actual blood than use PayPal.

[–] BowtiesAreCool@lemmy.world 7 points 18 hours ago (3 children)

It’s purely because steam hasn’t been able to keep my login info secure for almost a decade. I’ve changed emails, passwords, both, and yet I will always get random 2FA attempts from other places. I just don’t trust them to keep my bank info safe either.

[–] Darkenfolk@sh.itjust.works 13 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

I'm looking at this and I am just wondering... Did you also check the computers your using?

It's quite a bit easier to get in the pc of a normal user than it is to get into the computers of valve, or at least that's to hope.

[–] BowtiesAreCool@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago

Yep, I’ve completely changed computers multiple times. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[–] 9bananas@feddit.org 8 points 11 hours ago

https://haveibeenpwned.com/

check your email addresses, then check for malware on your system.

that's definitely not normal...

[–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago

Interesting. I've been using steam for decades and the only time my account was compromised was due to my own machine getting some malware. It was easy enough to clean up, reset password and reset all my steam sessions.

Now my blizzard account on the other hand... I got so tired of defending it that I've cleared all my CC and personal info from the account and just decided to let the hackers have it. Their shit leaks bad.