Boycott Steam.

They were not even willing to fight back with the power of 5% of their annual revenue.

  • Darkcoffee@sh.itjust.works
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    11 days ago

    You do understand that without payment processors they lose all revenue streams altogether, right? Like, none of us can buy games anymore.

    The oligopoly in that industry is insane.

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      10 days ago

      Steam gift cards with codes have been working great for me so far to recharge my wallet. They can switch to those

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            9 days ago

            Yes, I am aware they exist. I am asking if you expect Steam’s entire business model to hinge on cards you have to buy at gas stations and grocery stores.

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              8 days ago

              I would say it gives them enough security to test if the payment providers would actually pull through with their threat. Which as far as I know they didn’t try.

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            10 days ago

            That’s not a false equivalence, is the people that control how your money is spent say no more games then you get no more games.

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              10 days ago

              That is very extremely false equivalence. First, equating right to abortion with right to buy nsfw games is ridiculous. If I only could choose one, it would definitely be right to abortion and I would hope most people would vote the same.

              Second, I’m simply saying if a store doesn’t offer what you want, why not support the one that does?

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                10 days ago

                Because it isn’t the store not offering what you want, it’s the payment processors not letting stores sell this, that’ll affect every single store on earth as they become more aware of it

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        10 days ago

        For now. If the payment providers truly want this then it’s only a matter of time. GOG can’t function without them either