> Mastercard deflects blame for NSFW games being taken down, but Valve says payment processors 'specifically cited' a Mastercard rule about damaging the brand
Who in heaven’s name associates a credit card company with the image/ethics of the transactions it’s processing as long as the businesses are legal??
What I think of when I hear Mastercard? A plastic card with numbers on it, connected to my bank account and offering me some added protections/insurance.
I mean, to be a bit of a devil's advocate, its not impossible. Bitcoin sort of has the reputation of being used to buy "shady stuff". Its not unreasonable for MasterCard to not want to be "That card company people buy edgy porn with".
Which is why we need them to be legally required to process all lawful transactions, so that they cannot be singled out for it.
> Bitcoin sort of has the reputation of being used to buy "shady stuff".
That’s because practically no one gets gas and buys groceries with it.
All the porn of the world wouldn’t be a drop in the sea that is MasterCard.
Heh, ironically we do now, don't we?