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Valve confirms credit card companies pressured it to delist certain adult games

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713 points freedomben | 1 comments | 18 Jul 25 15:54 UTC | HN request time: 0.417s | source
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timpera ◴[18 Jul 25 16:24 UTC] No.44606574[source]▶
Considering their volume, I find it hard to believe that Valve couldn't find another, more lenient payment processor with similar fees.
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ranger_danger ◴[18 Jul 25 16:26 UTC] No.44606597[source]▶
My understanding is that it's not just the processor, but Visa/Mastercard themselves have rules against certain types of merchants/products... they really have a monopoly on credit cards in general so you have to play by their rules.
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1. jajuuka ◴[18 Jul 25 16:32 UTC] No.44606663[source]▶
Yep, they are a just a modern day mafia. "Would be a real shame if you didn't take down these games. Then we couldn't do business with you anymore."