Payment Processor Censorship (Visa / Mastercard / Stripe / PayPal etc) - Discuss Payment Processor/Gateways/Banks censoring people in this thread.

[Breadbassket]

probably has exactly 0 privacy protection at all, which is absolutely essential for people to use crypto like actual money
wake me up if they release a shitcoin and it's not a dumb stablecoin and it works like monero

I'm not too knowledgeable on the subject so I have to ask what's wrong with just using Monero?

 

[Creative Username]

Considering 4chan is the entry-level Internet counterculture sekrit club of which the culture of most of the youth is downstream of, this presents a massive fucking problem for the right and especially Trump. Good luck trying to get Vance in office when both sides of the political spectrum have been completely united against your cause.

no i think stuff like the sharty is already replacing it and 4chan has already been irrelevant since at least 2016

I'm not too knowledgeable on the subject so I have to ask what's wrong with just using Monero?

none of these government shitcoins work like monero at all
especially this "heccin released on 7 blockchains" nonsense
also stablecoins are gay

monero itself seems to have only a couple of issues, such as long-term scalability and resistance to quantum computing

 

[ZipDisk]

Whenever I get a nasty support message I send back a stupid disagreement like I don't understand the warning.

"No, I do not accept this decision. Reverse it immediately".

It has never worked.

 

[Fcret]

shorthand for POSIX-compliant OSes (like MacOS arguably is and it is a major operating system)

MacOS isn't merely POSIX compliant, it's full blown Unix and maintains the certification to this day (UNIX 03 specifically)

Didn't valve announce a new operating system? I must be losing it because that is one hell of a motive right there. We have 4 major operating systems in this world: windows, linux mac and unix. Suddenly valve shows up and says "behold a new option" and Gabe came from microsoft. I think shit just got darker.

SteamOS is just Arch Linux with some immutability for certain parts of the installation. You can literally setup an identical operating environment to SteamOS from a vanilla Arch Linux install.

 

[Fatpacks]

This thread became a ghost town almost immediately. Seems like the people who were mad about payment processor censorship and Internet ID bills a month ago have moved on to a new current thing to yell at, like the new Cracker Barrel logo.

 

[notorietus]

This thread became a ghost town almost immediately. Seems like the people who were mad about payment processor censorship and Internet ID bills a month ago have moved on to a new current thing to yell at, like the new Cracker Barrel logo.

I think it's still relevant, it's just that this thread hasn't been updated with the newest information. I'm still postmarking stuff that's releveant. Like how just got unbanned from Stripe partially:

💰 Grifter Post in thread '"Mad at the Internet"'

Aug 26, 2025

I was unbanned by Stripe on the Kick and Gumroad integrations. Kick subs for sure work, I just checked. I think Gumroad should also work now.

Moving forward, Locals and Gumroad will both get the same updates. I am not partial to either. They both use Stripe. I don't know why I was even allowed on Locals.

I'll talk about it on Friday. No, I have no idea why any of this is happening. I assume that I am obnoxious enough + Trump and the Legislature's movements recently have been scary enough that they're starting to ease up off the gas. I'll give my more specific shitzo theories on Friday...

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With a thread like this, stuff is very much relevant, it's just that this thread hasn't gained enough traction or has the resources enough to get more related news about Payment Processors in this thread. @The Mass Shooter Ron Soye & @WelperHelper99 do contribute news, it's just that this thread hasn't been bumped with that said news

 

[notorietus]

@The Mass Shooter Ron Soye & @WelperHelper99 do contribute news, it's just that this thread hasn't been bumped with that said news

Speaking of News, while I was checking for this it turns an employee was found encouraging "Illegal Immigration" into the United States & was a product manager of Visa:

Link / Archive

and another tweet which suggests that she has "United Kingdom" ties (archive):

Images in tweet:

 

[WelperHelper99]

Speaking of News, while I was checking for this it turns an employee was found encouraging "Illegal Immigration" into the United States & was a product manager of Visa:
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Seems she bounced around from New York and London. Either she's a colony brat, or she is a Bong, flew to NY, then LA

 

[Colon capital V]

Speaking of News, while I was checking for this it turns an employee was found encouraging "Illegal Immigration" into the United States & was a product manager of Visa:
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New Bad at Video Games kahntent, let's fucking GOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[The Mass Shooter Ron Soye]

Reuters: Exclusive: US regulators cancel bank exams as Trump rollback gathers pace (archive)

In recent months, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Reserve, and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau have postponed, scaled back or canceled bank exams. The new, lighter approach mostly applies to non-core banking issues, such as reputational risk, climate change risk, and diversity and inclusion, the people said.

While Trump-appointed officials have pledged to overhaul supervision, which they say has drifted too far from core financial risk management, the process is confidential and officials have not released many details. The changes, which Reuters is reporting for the first time, shed more light on how that shake-up is quickly unfolding and lightening the load for lenders.

The central bank and other regulators announced earlier this year they would stop policing "reputational risk," the potential for negative publicity to hurt a bank's business.

 

[An Idle Observer]

I think it's still relevant, it's just that this thread hasn't been updated with the newest information. I'm still postmarking stuff that's releveant.

Correct. The big issue is that relative to news-of-the-hour stories you can find pretty much everywhere, this is gonna move at the speed of a glacier going uphill. It's cringe to just be, "DAY 41 OF MINOR INCREMENTAL CHANGE POSSIBLY HAPPENING!!!" and pointing at this, so people move on simply because there's not really that major of an update yet.

Reuters: Exclusive: US regulators cancel bank exams as Trump rollback gathers pace

This though... this is news. I will be sharing in my circles.

 

[Do Not Touch Me Pls]

See this is what happens if the headlines stopped reporting the Payment Processor censorship. They just keep pushing further and further.

For context they are now denying payouts on itch.io and Steam is now banning Adult games from entering early access as well.

So if you are an Indie NSFW game dev you will be fucked full stop, you legit have nowhere to go, nowhere to hide.

(Also Steam forced Age Verification in the UK, even 19 year old accounts are getting hit).

If you do not stop this they enforce global Noahide Laws through the Internet where everyone who said anything against the God's Chosen People and the Bible or published NSFW work on Twitter or DeviantART will be instantly debanked or arrested.

I mentioned this before but this needs to be on the headlines 24/7 until it ceases like Gaza or Ukraine.

 

[TrainWreckWatcher]

This is why you never gas up a company.
People worshipped steam for too long and now its just showing they're spineless shit bags.
They've started canceling and denying early access for adult rated games too.
Probably a blessing for devs so they don't get fucked out of money they're owed.

Link

 

[Toolbox]

This is why you never gas up a company.
People worshipped steam for too long and now its just showing they're spineless shit bags.

Temporary setbacks. 'Mature themes' is so generic it can encompass anything with violence, horror, drug use, mental anguish, whatever. Most of their big sellers have one of those, shooter games can easily be cut out especially with payment processors hate boner for the 2a, thus guns, extending to even fictional depictions. Valve is losing money on this jewery, big time, and I'm sure aren't just sitting on their laurels. Without games being able to enter early access, they're missing out on a lot of cash they'd otherwise be making.

This kind of ban, if it doesn't end up just applying to pornshit as I assume it does right now, and extended to actual complete games, would include their own titles, half life, counter strike, etc. They'd have to see this as an existential problem for their company.

 

[Do Not Touch Me Pls]

Temporary setbacks. 'Mature themes' is so generic it can encompass anything with violence, horror, drug use, mental anguish, whatever. Most of their big sellers have one of those, shooter games can easily be cut out especially with payment processors hate boner for the 2a, thus guns, extending to even fictional depictions. Valve is losing money on this jewery, big time, and I'm sure aren't just sitting on their laurels. Without games being able to enter early access, they're missing out on a lot of cash they'd otherwise be making.

This kind of ban, if it doesn't end up just applying to pornshit as I assume it does right now, and extended to actual complete games, would include their own titles, half life, counter strike, etc. They'd have to see this as an existential problem for their company.

Umm I don't think that Rockstar or Valve's own titles are the things that you have to worry about. They have an even bigger hate boner with anime and (real or perceived) sexual content than they do with violence and guns right now. If Blue Archive or Gunvolt gets deplatformed however, then you have to be very afraid.

This is why you never gas up a company.
People worshipped steam for too long and now its just showing they're spineless shit bags.
They've started canceling and denying early access for adult rated games too.
Probably a blessing for devs so they don't get fucked out of money they're owed.

Don't forget that around a week or 2 ago Google App Store decided that they will follow the same footsteps as Apple and they will verify every single app before they get published.

Which brings some very interesting implications. If you live in the US, you cannot boy and download the full Black Souls game directly on Steam, you have to also download a patch hosted on Google docs that gives you the full game (and this is only for Black Souls I; BSII cannot be downloaded yet without a VPN because it is region-locked and only available in DL Site because of the same organizations behind the Steam/Itch.io censorship, although I heard it is coming soon to Steam.) It makes me wonder if Steam and Google will go into lockstep and 1. Ban EMMM and remove all of his games from steam and 2. Remove the hosted Google Doc that provides the patch to the full game.

 

[HTTP Error 404]

Don't forget that around a week or 2 ago Google App Store decided that they will follow the same footsteps as Apple and they will verify every single app before they get published.

Which brings some very interesting implications. If you live in the US, you cannot boy and download the full Black Souls game directly on Steam, you have to also download a patch hosted on Google docs that gives you the full game (and this is only for Black Souls I; BSII cannot be downloaded yet without a VPN because it is region-locked and only available in DL Site because of the same organizations behind the Steam/Itch.io censorship, although I heard it is coming soon to Steam.) It makes me wonder if Steam and Google will go into lockstep and 1. Ban EMMM and remove all of his games from steam and 2. Remove the hosted Google Doc that provides the patch to the full game.

Oh you didn't hear about that?

Starting next year you won't be able to sideload apps to Google anymore. Android will be as locked down as iOS is.

E: Ah, I think we're talking about the same thing. Verify all apps + remove sideloading. That instantly kills any apps that aren't Google approved.

Like say, Youtube Vanced and it's replacements. As well as every single indy app store, like F-Droid.

It was nice having a free and open internet for a while, but we let the normies in, and then helped elect Orange Hitler 3 times, so they obviously can't let us out of our cages anymore.

 

[Creative Username]

E: Ah, I think we're talking about the same thing. Verify all apps + remove sideloading. That instantly kills any apps that aren't Google approved.

Like say, Youtube Vanced and it's replacements. As well as every single indy app store, like F-Droid.

custom rom bros will probably easily sidestep this problem (unless they completely fuck that up too)
i mean this is not surprising to anybody, android was a locked down proprietary shithole os with shit like play services before, and now it's just going full apple about it, as opposed to just 2/3rds apple

 

[Do Not Touch Me Pls]

but we let the normies in, and then helped elect Orange Hitler 3 times, so they obviously can't let us out of our cages anymore.

The total enshittification of the Internet has very little to do with Trump, at most you can say he enabled everything the far left did on his first presidency (where they were taken a lot more seriously).

It has more to do with the UN/UK now having ways to enforce their own laws overseas through the Internet as the Internet's core is now supervised by a UN affiliated, Geneva-based front with an HQ in California because of Obama. This includes taking control of the payment processors and the big tech fronts like Google.

My point there however is that, I wonder if something like PayPal or Visa can have Google remove Google docs as well if they want to legitimately screw with that H-Horror game, since you cannot buy the full game on Steam and you also have to download a free patch on EMMM's google docs to get the full game.

 

[Toolbox]

Umm I don't think that Rockstar or Valve's own titles are the things that you have to worry about.

https://www.collectiveshout.org/win_target_and_kmart_remove_r18_game_from_stores and an article if you don't want to give their site attention - Article from when it actually happened. This is when they were playing with kid gloves on and simply pressuring retail in their own country to get rid of shit. (Archive) There's clearly an intent from these types to wipe these games away. Physical sales still mattered over a decade ago, even if it was less than downloads. I don't think they've just stopped hating these titles, they'd prefer them gone, just they're going to hit easier targets, more objectionable content first.

 

[Postal_Rat]

custom rom bros will probably easily sidestep this problem (unless they completely fuck that up too)
i mean this is not surprising to anybody, android was a locked down proprietary shithole os with shit like play services before, and now it's just going full apple about it, as opposed to just 2/3rds apple

The problem is that newer phones will not let you lock your boot loader without the google approved version so sure you can run what ever you want on your phone after flashing it but now everyone else can run whatever they want on your phone as well happy fishbowl every one