And this is not the first time this happens. The exact same thing happened to PornHub - their premium subscription model got cancelled due to Visa/MC not liking some "questionable" content. Even though PH purged 60% of its content (basically every video uploaded from an unverified account), they are to this day still not accepting CC - probably as they are still banned. Instead they accept Crypto and SEPA payments in the EU.
This makes a strong case for Bitcoin - no matter if you consider it a ponzi scheme, or the BTC price to be overinflated, you will not be able to deny it is truly censorship free.
It's a strong case for, perhaps, Algorand[1], but Bitcoin can no longer play this role properly. Transactions are too difficult and slow and the network is too expensive. And Lightning is not a real solution.
1. Specifically a stablecoin running on the network
Stablecoins are not decentral and would suffer the exact same censorability as Visa/MC. That does not improve the situation.
Why is Lightning not a solution, care to elaborate?
It's basically unused and difficult for even motivated users to set up. If it was going to work, it would have been successful by now.