I think it's such bullshit that credit card companies like Visa or AX even have a say in what content is purchased using their cards. Like, I signed up for your debit/credit card--it's up to me what I buy so long as it isn't actively illegal! This is fucking animated fiction and has absolutely nothing to do with people who engage in illegal stuff irl. Stop kink shaming and dictating fiction! A crime LITERALLY requires there be a victim...who are these websites and companies 'saving' by banning material that should only be viewed by likeminded adults? Kids shouldn't be online using their parents cards and parents are the ones who are responsible for monitoring their kid's website browsing, so I don't see them being victims--so it must be to save the pixels! Tell you one thing--as perverted as it is, I like the fact they had such taboo kinky shit in LFA. Same with DLsite and Itto! Can w PLEASE stop censoring adult content when it's being provided through the pre-approved proper channels? Or at least allow a single website that isn't constantly updating their Terms and Conditions to host the material--even if it means no major cards would be allowed...anywaaaaaay, rant over. I'm pissed but thankfully there's 10billion other things to j/o to. Hope Sonpih doesn't end up like Ppatta...
You have been too much indoctrinated by the misguided movement, and I expect from steam people, because credit card companies and such do not decide what content is purchased or anything. They just say, if you want to keep our services, comply to the law of the world or X and apply it for there, or else we get in trouble that we don't want.
In fact, if it was up to them, they would not have to tell any party what to do and just earn a lot of money and get a lot of insights on what your doing to make you buy more things.
However, such companies, and others included, have to follow the law. And simple fact is when pressured from political/nations/other big companies/police they will have to stop transactions by default, but they always make them first comply so not all business is not lost.
They are the middle man, and they really try really hard not be involved, downplay and delay anything that would result in that. Fuck they even fought hard to allow people to use their services for gay content which was pressured upon not to do so for long period. (Looking at several USA conservative groups who tried that but failed)
For them the rules are simple:
- Stop having kinks majorly illegal in world
- Stop the idiots who very illegal shit, like:
- put revenge porn and such things out
- put actual rape out
- pressured underage to go on OF or such
And if they are demanding a party to comply to keep doing business which you don't agree with then:
- Protest against your own country government regarding what they find illegal
- Protest against the conservative parties
- protest against the religious movements
- Protest against conservative movements
- Start a movement to make it legal
But seriously, if it was up to them they would not care, if they would have been around would during the Prohibition period in USA they would have been doing business non-stop till forcefully stopped. Same happening here, they do the monkey action until pressured really hard.
And they get pressured by all nations, especially when things out of control and public, than they have to apply certain reviews to see if they comply. (And that isn't forever)
Any party that uses their service is responsible on how they deal with thing, first they get simply informed to improve things, and the party has to deal with it. And if gets out of control then they start threatening, like with OF when was found out a lot of teenagers were there, even forced.
Fun fact, just because Patreon has been very relaxed in beginning regarding the porn content didn't mean it wasn't coming, they were always rather no-go on it. They just went with it like many others.
Than came conservative investor groups, and a lot of content considered illegal, and boom, the ingredients for crackdown were ready.
Same old story for such companies since the sixties.
(Very simplified, it is like blaming the supermarket that they stopped selling pork meat in muslim country A because they government does not allow it or they will get punished)
As in regard to this game, enough places for them to move to.
If needed they can make their own site and offer a version at several places without the kinks, or adjusted, and one from theirs where you can get them back. Been done before, and works as long as they walk the gray middle ground.