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So devs got to eat it because this company can't stand up to Mastercard and Visa.
A payment processor tells that they either remove the porn games, or they will remove the ability to pay for all games for them. The only company that can stand up to them in any way is one large enough to call the bluff and the payment processor wouldn't be willing to actually lose.
And that list is basically Amazon, Apple, Google and stuff like that, and definitely not a tiny thing like itch.io.
Valve stands a better chance of making a stand, but it's still a single sandbag vs a tsunami
Valve was the first to fold. And apparently it wasn't to Visa or Mastercard but to some intermediaries. Not sure how much pull those have, but probably still pretty big given what happened.
Yeah, Valve folded first, but with itch pushing back a little it gives me hope that Valve will do the same, but with a little more teeth.