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

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713 points freedomben | 4 comments | 18 Jul 25 15:54 UTC | HN request time: 0s | 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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gorwell ◴[18 Jul 25 16:38 UTC] No.44606747[source]▶
They could support a stablecoin like USDC and start pushing people to that. No censorship and lower fees. Valve broke ground with Steam, they could do it again.
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1. edm0nd ◴[18 Jul 25 16:40 UTC] No.44606776[source]▶
nah. USDC funds can be frozen by Circle on demand/request.
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2. drexlspivey ◴[18 Jul 25 16:49 UTC] No.44606940[source]▶
You wouldn’t be buying or holding any USDC in your account. It would be invisible to you
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3. gs17 ◴[18 Jul 25 17:27 UTC] No.44607475[source]▶
Would you care to explain the process more? I'd be glad to see a useful application of crypto.
4. wmf ◴[18 Jul 25 17:27 UTC] No.44607477[source]▶
The problem with that is that you usually end up using traditional payment rails (e.g. a Visa debit card) to "invisibly" buy the stablecoin and then you're subject to their rules and fees again.