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

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728 points freedomben | 1 comments | 18 Jul 25 15:54 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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egypturnash ◴[18 Jul 25 23:34 UTC] No.44611013[source]▶
Okay so is Steam enough of a money printer for Valve to say "well fuck you guys, we'll make our own credit card with hookers and bingo"? And hold out Half-Life 3 (only purchasable with the ValveCard) as a carrot?
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xyst ◴[18 Jul 25 23:47 UTC] No.44611111[source]▶
Nope. Even a company such as valve would be intimidated by the regulation of setting up their own company payment network outside the traditional banking system.

Maybe crypto is an option but I haven’t seen use in retail. Only speculation instrument.

Apple tried. Failed. Google tried. Failed. Only thing that works is partnering up with existing bank

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1. ujkhsjkdhf234 ◴[19 Jul 25 00:17 UTC] No.44611299[source]▶
Did Apple try? I don't recall.

> Only thing that works is partnering up with existing bank

Could Visa just reject payments from this bank and kill your whole thing?