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Marcus "MajorLinux" SummersSomebody's gotta be willing to take my money...<a href="https://Itch.io" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://Itch.io</a> Is "Reaching Out To Other Payment Processors" Following Ban On Adult Games <a href="https://www.gamespot.com/articles/itch-io-is-reaching-out-to-other-payment-processors-following-ban-on-adult-games/1100-6533545/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.gamespot.com/articles/itch-io-is-reaching-out-to-other-payment-processors-following-ban-on-adult-games/1100-6533545/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f</a><a href="https://toot.majorshouse.com/tags/ItchIO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ItchIO</a> <a href="https://toot.majorshouse.com/tags/PaymentProcessors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PaymentProcessors</a> <a href="https://toot.majorshouse.com/tags/Ban" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ban</a> <a href="https://toot.majorshouse.com/tags/Adult" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Adult</a> <a href="https://toot.majorshouse.com/tags/Gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Gaming</a>

Nina KielWe're making progress! The German Games Industry Association has finally issued a statement, taking a stance for artistic freedom: <a href="https://www.gamesmarket.global/en/business/german-games-association-game-md-felix-falk-expression-and-diversity-must-not-be-targeted-f75c49d9b40477591eb1c8e9d84c4872" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.gamesmarket.global/en/business/german-games-association-game-md-felix-falk-expression-and-diversity-must-not-be-targeted-f75c49d9b40477591eb1c8e9d84c4872</a>"[It] is fundamental to games as a cultural medium. Any restrictions imposed by payment service providers or gaming platforms must not exceed the legal limits. [...] creative forms of expression or certain themes in games, such as diversity, must not be targeted by individual interests or campaigns from particularly vocal groups, as is currently being observed on Steam or itch.io."<a href="https://peoplemaking.games/tags/Gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Gaming</a> <a href="https://peoplemaking.games/tags/Steam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Steam</a> <a href="https://peoplemaking.games/tags/ItchIo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ItchIo</a> <a href="https://peoplemaking.games/tags/PaymentProcessors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PaymentProcessors</a> <a href="https://peoplemaking.games/tags/AdultGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AdultGames</a> <a href="https://peoplemaking.games/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LGBTQIA</a>

Kevin Karhan :verified:<a href="https://masto.ai/@ariaflame" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@ariaflame</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/@kibcol1049" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@kibcol1049</a> <a href="https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@EUCommission</a> granted it doesn't require.much expertise.to know.that <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> cannot be negotiated with.<ul><li>That's why -"P.R."* <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#China</a> under <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Xi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Xi</a> didn't even bother to call, and just setup their tarrifs in return to be higher than those the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USA</a> impose.</li></ul>The <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EU</a> / <a href="https://respublicae.eu/@europarl_en" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@europarl_en</a> should do the same and start enforcing the same "Alien Business Tax" of 30% on <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PaymentProcessors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PaymentProcessors</a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DigitalServices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DigitalServices</a> amd <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DogitalProducts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DogitalProducts</a> whilst banning any price increases following the announcement to make them pay!

Kevin Karhan :verified:<a href="https://mastodon.nz/@davemosk" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@davemosk</a> EXACTLY THAT!And for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CloudAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CloudAct</a> to apply, only one of these things need to be true:<ul><li><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Hoster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Hoster</a> is owned in part if full by a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#US</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/citizen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#citizen</a> or <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/company" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#company</a>.</li><li>Hoster has a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/subsidiary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#subsidiary</a> in the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USA</a>.</li><li>Hoster is <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/hosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hosting</a> inside the USA.</li><li>Hoster offers services from within the US.</li><li>Hoster's (sole) upstream is from the US or has any of these conditions applying to them either.</li></ul>And that doesn'r even cover the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/blackmail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#blackmail</a> the USA leverage against <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/organizations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#organizations</a> (<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ICC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ICC</a>) and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/individuals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#individuals</a> they <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPZj6cL2go0" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">dislike.</a><ul><li>And now look at the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Quadropol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Quadropol</a> of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PaymentProcessors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PaymentProcessors</a> (<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AMEX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AMEX</a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VISA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VISA</a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MasterCard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MasterCard</a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PayPal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PayPal</a>) and realize that there is no global competition to them (unless we accept <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Monero" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Monero</a> and consider the pathetic joke that is <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/wero" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wero</a> as competitior despite having even less acceptance than Monero!)…</li></ul>

Kevin Karhan :verified:<a href="https://mstdn.io/@jackerty" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@jackerty</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@mbybee" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@mbybee</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@thelobdegg" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@thelobdegg</a> with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Bitcoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Bitcoin</a> that level of stability is nonexistant fir years, because it's glacial transaction times make it useless.With <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Monero" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Monero</a> that isn't such a problem and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PaymentProcessors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PaymentProcessors</a> take care if that risk and spit out fiat for them...

Hacker NewsPayment processors' bar on Japanese adult content endangers democracy (2024)<a href="https://automaton-media.com/en/news/nier-creator-speaks-out-against-payment-processors-pressuring-japanese-adult-content-platforms/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://automaton-media.com/en/news/nier-creator-speaks-out-against-payment-processors-pressuring-japanese-adult-content-platforms/</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HackerNews</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PaymentProcessors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PaymentProcessors</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JapaneseContent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JapaneseContent</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Democracy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AdultIndustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AdultIndustry</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Censorship</a>

Kevin Karhan :verified:<a href="https://mastodon.social/@hanse_mina" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@hanse_mina</a> I hope that <a href="https://social.bund.de/@Bundesregierung" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@Bundesregierung</a> pushes for a 30% tax (as that is the penalty for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/services" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#services</a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DigitalGoods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DigitalGoods</a> being sold in the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USA</a> by non-residents!) for services, digital goods and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PaymentProcessors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PaymentProcessors</a> that ain't majority-owned and headquartered in the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EU</a>!

Kevin Karhan :verified:<a href="https://infosec.exchange/@katrinakatrinka" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@katrinakatrinka</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/@digyoursoul" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@digyoursoul</a> OFC, take your time...I just think <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monero" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Monero</a> is the least worst <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Crsptocurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Crsptocurrency</a> because it's not some <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Shitcoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Shitcoin</a> with artifical scarcity, long transaction times, high fees and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NFT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NFT</a> garbage!<ul><li>In fact, it's inherently incompatible with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SmartContracts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SmartContracts</a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NFTs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NFTs</a> per design, so all the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CryptoBros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CryptoBros</a> hate it!</li></ul>Given how much <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PaymentProcessors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PaymentProcessors</a> like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PayPal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PayPal</a> can change and outside <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SEPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SEPA</a> there isn't a good & fast <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WireTransfer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WireTransfer</a> system, it's growing in adoption.<ul><li>Espechally since it's the closest to digital <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/cash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cash</a>!</li></ul>

Kevin Karhan :verified:<a href="https://wandering.shop/@Catvalente" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@Catvalente</a> 75 day widthholding is IMHO an unpaid & interest-free <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/loan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#loan</a> to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Apple</a> because even with the shittiest <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PaymentProcessors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PaymentProcessors</a> having to circumvent embargoes that payment should be done and dusted in less than 14 calendar days / 7 business days - whichever is shorter!I hope developers not just <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ClassAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ClassAction</a> but legally force Apple to change that shite!

Kevin Karhan :verified:<a href="https://misskey.bubbletea.dev/@Rocc" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@Rocc</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FunFact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FunFact</a>: "<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CEO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CEO</a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CFO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CFO</a> and/or their family being held at gunpoint/kidnapped" is literally a scenario that <a href="https://social.bund.de/@BaFin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@BaFin</a> demands <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PaymentProcessors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PaymentProcessors</a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Banks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Banks</a> to have <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/contingencies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#contingencies</a> for (since at least the days of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_army_faction" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">"Red Army Faction"</a>)!<ul><li>Don't ask me how I know...</li></ul>

Kevin Karhan :verified:<a href="https://infosec.exchange/@bhawthorne" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@bhawthorne</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@mhoye" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@mhoye</a> yeah, but you'd have the same issue with a credit card terminal and payment provider: Needing to hope you don't end up wuth <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/scammers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#scammers</a> and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/fraudsters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fraudsters</a> like <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/wirecard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wirecard</a>..Also <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PaymentProcessors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PaymentProcessors</a> are way more expensive and even if you don't want to deal with exchanging <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Monero" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Monero</a> :monero: yourself, there are <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PaymentProviders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PaymentProviders</a> that do offer you to direcrpy convert that and take all the risks at the same rares, so there's that...<a href="https://mstdn.social/@kkarhan/110968836014007956" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://mstdn.social/@kkarhan/110968836014007956</a>

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