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"No one is allowed to dictate what kind of horror is acceptable, or what stories are allowed to be told."
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Australian campaign group sparks NSFW game takedowns and a debate about free speech
The removal of thousands of adult video games from digital storefronts has sparked an online outcry, claiming censorship…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #4chan #adultcontent #AU #Australia #Censorship #collectiveshout #ElonMusk #freespeech #Gaming #itch.io #NSFWgames #onlinegames #paymentprocessors #Reddit #steam #twitter #videogames
https://www.newsbeep.com/36740/
#help #lazyweb 
I'm looking for a post I thought I saved from someone who was offering to help folks self-host their own published itch games in light of the payment processor garbage. If anybody can point me to this person/post (or to recommended resources) I know someone who would likely benefit from it. Thank you!
#itch #gamedev #selfhost #paymentprocessors #boostswelcome #boostok
Somebody's gotta be willing to take my money...
https://Itch.io Is "Reaching Out To Other Payment Processors" Following Ban On Adult Games
@Beurkeek The #DigitalFairnessAct is currently open to feedback, which might be another avenue for EU citizens to voice their concerns about the censorship from #PaymentProcessors and other issues like #StopKillingGames that are not yet included in the DFA but seem to fit its intended scope.
We're making progress! The German Games Industry Association has finally issued a statement, taking a stance for artistic freedom:
"[It] is fundamental to games as a cultural medium. Any restrictions imposed by payment service providers or gaming platforms must not exceed the legal limits. [...] creative forms of expression or certain themes in games, such as diversity, must not be targeted by individual interests or campaigns from particularly vocal groups, as is currently being observed on Steam or itch.io."
@davemosk @uncycliste @petitmote If #OVH has even a single VPS in the #USA they're subject to it.
https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/114929035320374762
- And if they (or a client of them) piss off the #US #Government they'll get forced into "#compliance" by the Quadropol of #PaymentProcessors as proxies of the #TreasuryDept through "#sanctions" just like the #ICC...
@ariaflame @kibcol1049 @EUCommission granted it doesn't require.much expertise.to know.that #Trump cannot be negotiated with.
- That's why -"P.R."* #China under #Xi didn't even bother to call, and just setup their tarrifs in return to be higher than those the #USA impose.
The #EU / @europarl_en should do the same and start enforcing the same "Alien Business Tax" of 30% on #PaymentProcessors and #DigitalServices amd #DogitalProducts whilst banning any price increases following the announcement to make them pay!
@davemosk EXACTLY THAT!
And for #CloudAct to apply, only one of these things need to be true:
- #Hoster is owned in part if full by a #US #citizen or #company.
- Hoster has a #subsidiary in the #USA.
- Hoster is #hosting inside the USA.
- Hoster offers services from within the US.
- Hoster's (sole) upstream is from the US or has any of these conditions applying to them either.
And that doesn'r even cover the #blackmail the USA leverage against #organizations (#ICC) and #individuals they dislike.
- And now look at the #Quadropol of #PaymentProcessors (#AMEX, #VISA, #MasterCard, #PayPal) and realize that there is no global competition to them (unless we accept #Monero and consider the pathetic joke that is #wero as competitior despite having even less acceptance than Monero!)…
@jackerty @mbybee @thelobdegg with #Bitcoin that level of stability is nonexistant fir years, because it's glacial transaction times make it useless.
With #Monero that isn't such a problem and #PaymentProcessors take care if that risk and spit out fiat for them...
PSA for those who are in the #USA, there is currently a bill in congress to stop and reverse the abominable actions of #Visa and #Mastercard regarding their puritanical banning of #NSFWGames and the horrific enforcement of the rule
Even if you don't care about #NSFWGames, they will come for you next! A large chunk of #QueerGames have already vanished from #Itchio!
Ah yes, the sacred institution of #democracy hangs by a thread - threatened not by political turmoil, but by the dastardly villains at payment processors blocking Japanese adult content. 
Because clearly, the #NieR creator's armchair #activism is the last bastion of #freedom. 
https://automaton-media.com/en/news/nier-creator-speaks-out-against-payment-processors-pressuring-japanese-adult-content-platforms/ #paymentprocessors #Japan #HackerNews #ngated
Payment processors' bar on Japanese adult content endangers democracy (2024)
@hanse_mina I hope that @Bundesregierung pushes for a 30% tax (as that is the penalty for #services and #DigitalGoods being sold in the #USA by non-residents!) for services, digital goods and #PaymentProcessors that ain't majority-owned and headquartered in the #EU!
@katrinakatrinka @digyoursoul OFC, take your time...
I just think Monero is the least worst #Crsptocurrency because it's not some #Shitcoin with artifical scarcity, long transaction times, high fees and #NFT garbage!
- In fact, it's inherently incompatible with #SmartContracts and #NFTs per design, so all the #CryptoBros hate it!
Given how much #PaymentProcessors like #PayPal can change and outside #SEPA there isn't a good & fast #WireTransfer system, it's growing in adoption.
- Espechally since it's the closest to digital #cash!
@Catvalente 75 day widthholding is IMHO an unpaid & interest-free #loan to #Apple because even with the shittiest #PaymentProcessors having to circumvent embargoes that payment should be done and dusted in less than 14 calendar days / 7 business days - whichever is shorter!
I hope developers not just #ClassAction but legally force Apple to change that shite!
@Rocc #FunFact: "#CEO / #CFO and/or their family being held at gunpoint/kidnapped" is literally a scenario that @BaFin demands #PaymentProcessors and #Banks to have #contingencies for (since at least the days of the "Red Army Faction")!
- Don't ask me how I know...
@MichalBryxi yeah...
As much as I'm still angry at #Microsoft, #Apple and #Mozilla for blocking #CACert to this day, @letsencrypt is a net positive.
- Tho I've had to deal with more "serious business" where that wouldn't cut it. #PCIDSS demands #EV-#SSL for #PaymentProcessors and that is a process in that they actually do #KYC a company and #ID #CEO & #CFO (cuz I was in charge of updating said cert and had to wait for that to complete)...
And for the upper triple digits that cert costs per year, the process went quite fast and it took like 5 mins tops.
- Almost as if #LetsEncrypt killed the "low end" market...