Strypey
@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Great rant from here about Visa/ Mastercard control over payments in the Anglophone internet (WeChat Pay/ AliPay is the equivalent in China), and how they use their payment processing chokepoint to decide what citizens can and can't pay for online;

youtube.com/watch?v=2h2Cw-NcDwQ

Disclaimer: I just stumbled on this, so I don't know anything about Asmongold or his other videos. He says a few angry, and arguably rude things here ("fat", "stupid" etc), but he makes many good points.
Strypey
@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

The #Steam censorship that was the focus of that video is also covered in this piece in PCGamer.com;

"...there's a not-unreasonable fear that what begins as a crackdown on porno shovelware could eventually spread out to target queer creators and games of all stripes.

...

Queer content gets flagged as 'explicit' even when it’s PG. A trans dev making a personal story? 'Too controversial.' A surreal queer VN? 'Sexualized.' Financial deplatforming in action."

https://www.pcgamer.com/software/platforms/steam-introduces-new-rule-prohibiting-certain-kinds-of-adult-content-that-might-make-visa-or-mastercard-unhappy-financial-deplatforming-in-action/

#censorship