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WeedleTLiar on scored.co
9 months ago3 points(+0/-0/+3Score on mirror)1 child
>But the shit on steam could snowball into worse censorship than the ones we already know
I wouldn't even call it a censorship issue; I think that's actually muddying the waters because, as you say, they aren't really censoring anything. Rather, they've made list of games they don't like (so who knows what is and isn't allowed?) and arbitrarily demanded they be pulled.
It's not about censoring games, it's about payment processors deciding what you can buy.
How long until you can't buy guns? Or parts for gas vehicles? Or certain flags? Or whatever it is that they want, just because they're the middle man and government regulations make it almost impossible to start a competitor?
I wouldn't even call it a censorship issue; I think that's actually muddying the waters because, as you say, they aren't really censoring anything. Rather, they've made list of games they don't like (so who knows what is and isn't allowed?) and arbitrarily demanded they be pulled.
It's not about censoring games, it's about payment processors deciding what you can buy.
How long until you can't buy guns? Or parts for gas vehicles? Or certain flags? Or whatever it is that they want, just because they're the middle man and government regulations make it almost impossible to start a competitor?
We really do need an alternative to those (((bank))) monopolies