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

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728 points freedomben | 2 comments | 18 Jul 25 15:54 UTC | HN request time: 0.427s | source
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Aeolun ◴[19 Jul 25 02:54 UTC] No.44612148[source]▶
I think it’s hilarious we allow stuff like Postal or Soldier of Fortune without a question, where the whole focus is on going crazy and murdering a whole bunch of people.

But try to show a sensual human body, instead of one that’s ripped into small pieces, and oh my god, this is going too far!

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thallium205 ◴[19 Jul 25 04:15 UTC] No.44612540[source]▶
Adult content is considered a high risk merchant category - meaning it is susceptible to high chargeback and fraud rates. This is because after someone pays for and consumes adult content, a certain level of "clarity" overcomes them resulting in the execution of chargebacks against the merchant.

It has nothing to do with any sort of puritanical premise.

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1. creer ◴[19 Jul 25 05:10 UTC] No.44612750[source]▶
That seems disingenuous. (1) in this case, this is a not a tiny fly-by-night wannabe game company. (2) which is good for paying back (or never seeing) the money of chargebacks.

For a new company, the risk of chargebacks might rest on a credit card company (for a little while anyway). But not for a long established one.

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2. JimDabell ◴[19 Jul 25 05:33 UTC] No.44612841[source]▶
> That seems disingenuous.

Why are you assuming bad faith? There’s no indication parent is being insincere at all.