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Mastercard denies pressuring game platforms, Valve tells a different story (techcrunch.com)
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The outcry after a recent marketplace crackdown on games with adult content, seemingly due to pressure from payment processors, prompted Mastercard to release a brief statement Friday pushing back against recent headlines.

“Mastercard has not evaluated any game or required restrictions of any activity on game creator sites and platforms, contrary to media reports and allegations,” the company said, adding, “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.”

This follows an open letter by the advocacy group Collective Shout addressed to executives at Paypal, Mastercard, Visa, and other companies, criticizing them for allowing the sale of “No Mercy” and other games that depict rape, incest, and child sexual abuse.

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[–] Flagstaff@programming.dev 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

I agree with everything you said except:

~~Crypto~~ BTC is literally automation of their reason to exist.

Sh!tcoins should never be validated; nothing whose value decreases long-term can be a replacement for fiat currency.

[–] Shihali@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

You've got it reversed. Nothing whose value increases long-term can be a good replacement for fiat currency, because then anyone with crypto will ask "should I buy this today when I know that everything will cost fewer coins next year?" and at the very best you get Japan's Lost Decades forever.

That's not to say that the average shitcoin would work better as a fiat currency than baseball cards, but they might not be doomed at the design stage -- although they probably were to bring in the initial base of speculators who now need to find a bigger fool willing to trade something immediately usable for the shitcoin.

[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Bitcoin is a shitcoin. It's like spruiking a model T as the peak of automotive engineering. Lightning is shit. The BTC dev team is shit. It's at the top of a pyramid scheme fuelled by the hopes and dreams of shills.

Monero is the closest I've seen to date that could legitimately replace cash (being actually private and fungible). You can tell because it's banned in many western markets.