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

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709 points freedomben | 2 comments | 18 Jul 25 15:54 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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ranger_danger ◴[18 Jul 25 16:25 UTC] No.44606578[source]▶
What can be done to loosen card companies' grip on this? It has been a constant problem now for decades.
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Symbiote ◴[18 Jul 25 16:53 UTC] No.44607003[source]▶
Denmark has seen a trend where their national card network (Dankort, operating at the equivalent level to Visa and Mastercard) is seeing reduced usage.

They're aiming to reverse that trend.

https://cphpost.dk/2025-06-28/general/new-political-agreemen...

Not all European countries still have these independent networks.

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1. herbstein ◴[18 Jul 25 17:05 UTC] No.44607166[source]▶
Seeing reduced use partially because only a few banks support using it in Apple Pay. And Google Pay can't support it at all currently
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2. encom ◴[18 Jul 25 23:38 UTC] No.44611053[source]▶
Dane here, and I just don't see the point of using Apple or Google pay. Aside from not wanting American tech interfering in, or data harvesting, my finances, it's not any easier to use. I just touch my card to the terminal and payment happens. Some times, or if the amount is over some limit, I have to enter a pin. I cringe every time I see someone contorting their arm to pay with their watch. It's tech for the sake of tech.

Sincerely, Ted K.