Mastercard denies responsibility for Steam’s recent removal of adult games, while Valve offers a conflicting account citing indirect pressure and brand risk rules.

alternativeto@mas.to

Mastercard denies responsibility for Steam’s recent removal of adult games, while Valve offers a conflicting account citing indirect pressure and brand risk rules. GOG and other platforms have also responded with campaigns against financial censorship https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/8/mastercard-denies-pushing-censorship-on-games-but-valve-refutes-with-opposing-arguments/

cibersheep@mastodont.cat

@alternativeto all payment platforms have weird anti-IDontLikeThis policies. The random one we bump into was «not allowed to pay for porn outside USA». Random because this was for an European sex shop that made no business with any country in America.
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