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Valve gets pressured by payment processors with a new rule for game devs and various adult games removed
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this post was submitted on 16 Jul 2025
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The problem with that is that all of these platforms also use the same big payment providers, meaning they're just as likely to be forced to remove these sorts of games.
True. A number of Patreon folk had to go for SubscribeStar or elsewhere because they decided to ban several types of fetish
Patreon has similar restrictions. I'm not sure about itch. They all rely mostly on stripe for payments. Stripe gets to set a lot of terms, and switching platforms doesn't usually change that.
AFAIK Steam uses adyen for payments (at least that's my experience every time Steam wants to verify my credit card).
They will be next as all of those also use the CC companies.