A couple years ago a bunch of credit card companies suddenly decided they wanted to dictate how people are allowed to spend their money. They issued warnings to game stores to delist all nsfw games or else. The credit card companies have an amazing racket going on and I struggle to believe they suddenly care about some morality over profit. Generally all they care about is that people spend as much money as possible. I also seem to recall them being notably silent on the much larger revenue streams coming from adult videos. So what was their actual purpose in these seemingly random strikes?

  • gastroglizzy@piefed.socialEnglish
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    11 hours ago

    The delisted games dealt in subject matter that is difficult to justify.

    The problem is who gets to decide what’s “difficult to justify”. That should be up to the individual, not the payment card company.

    MasterCard doesn’t need to help anybody buy “games” about incest, rape, or sexual assault of minors.

    That might be your opinion, but again, who gets to decide what’s on that list? If you don’t think those games need to be played, then don’t play them. It’s not hurting anyone when someone plays a video game, no matter how icky the game makes you feel. No one is forcing you to play anything.