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Steam bans games that violate the 'rules and standards' of payment processors

https://www.engadget.com/gaming/steam-now-bans-games-that-violate-the-rules-and-standards-of-payment-processors-and-banks-164222173.html
14•akyuu•6mo ago

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like_any_other•6mo ago
So are those games allowed to pick alternate payment processors, or is it not enough for Visa and ilk to merely not facilitate some transactions - they want to completely bend to their will anyone that wants to use their services, policing even the parts of their business that have no contact with Visa?
philistine•6mo ago
It’s a classic case of Valve doing anything but policing their own store.

They found a willing participant to police their content for them. It’s sad.

gryfft•6mo ago
> In other words, if gigantic financial institutions get to decide what is appropriate and what is not, who is to say it won't eventually impact regular games? One Steam user notes that "queer content gets flagged as 'explicit' even when it's PG," which is a sentiment echoed by others. One user says this move "looks innocuous at first glance but it's a trojan horse."

In the short term, looks like this clears some pretty questionable sex game slop out of the Steam database. Longer term, with the way things are going in the US, I wonder if LGBTQ+ content is going to start getting taken down en masse as "adult content."

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