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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: 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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astura ◴[18 Jul 25 16:31 UTC] No.44606650[source]▶
Adult content has a high chargeback rate and high fraud rates so payment processing for adult content has higher fees.
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AIPedant ◴[18 Jul 25 16:47 UTC] No.44606910[source]▶
The fact that these were specifically incest games makes me think a title was somehow involved in distributing CSAM, which is often why Visa/MC crack down on porn websites.

But it is possible that Visa sensibly and correctly said "anyone who makes or purchases such a game is a despicable scumbag, and we shouldn't assume the financial risk of dealing with them."

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1. mitthrowaway2 ◴[18 Jul 25 23:22 UTC] No.44610919[source]▶
I think the government should be the one deciding what makes someone qualify as a despicable scumbag, not a private payment processor that is essentially acting as a utility provider. For the same reason, I also don't think an electric company should be allowed to shut cancel your building's electricity if they don't like your mismatched socks.