Games

They might sort of have to do this or risk being cut off, given the loss of US Net Neutrality and the new pro-business-rights administration.

There is a lot of talk dancing around the issue here. This isn't an American thing or a Puritan thing. This is purely a capitalism thing. They have been doing this for years. Do you think lolicon got forced off of every major platform for moral reasons? It breaks laws in various counties that the web hosts and payment processors operate in. Wincest porn, CNC porn, Zoo Porn, NSFL stuff. It's all illegal somewhere. These companies are chasing profits. Those niche topics mentioned above lock them out of expanding into some places. Like China. They don't give a fuck about the ethics of the content. They care that they're loosing money by not being able to conduct business in those markets. They care that hosting it makes them a target and possible have to deal with law enforment of some country, fines, or vigilante style attacks on their network. You'll loose your little family harem video game. They don't care. They're making billions processing the main narket. It's capitalism and the global economy that's making your platforms more conservative.

"It's just good business." It pisses me off.

Does this mean they got rid of that one game where you drug your sister/wife repeatedly so a guy in the hallway doesn't kill you?

12 Minutes that's what it was called !

Wait a minute, PayPal is pulling puritanical bullshit again? Did they learn nothing from the last time they tried that?

This might sound like a good idea. But it is not, since lets say some topic is too sensitive for the payment processor, then they have monopoly on what game can and can not be allowed on Steam.

So in the long run, this is a bad idea.

Steam should accept bitcoin or some other crypto as default for all titles and only use card for "safe" titles

Steam users are mostly tech savvy enough to do it

So… why tell payment processors exactly what was purchased? Why not call it “Steam store transaction” and that’s it?

Gamers on Lemmy think Steam is THEIR corporation and Gabe is THEIR billionaire. You get downvoted for criticizing steam for anything, or even pointing out that they’re a corporation run by a billionaire and they don’t actually care about you.