There have been quite a few posts on this topic already, and most likely we won’t change anything, but I’d like to express my opinion, and perhaps, with everyone’s efforts, it will receive more widespread attention.

As everyone has already understood from the title, we’ll be talking about the recent censorship and granting of content regulation rights to payment systems.

After reading some threads on this topic, I realized that many people simply don’t try to understand the other side and insist that everything was done correctly, even though they aren’t even involved with the “eroge” genre. They’re simply happy that a certain group of people has had something they liked taken away and argue that they deserved it because, as described in many such comments, “these people are porn addicts.”

But here’s the question: since when have so-called “porn addicts” become worse than others, and why don’t they have the same full right as everyone else to freely buy the games they like and have them in their library? Right now, the world is fighting for the rights of various minorities, feminists, and so on, fully adapting to them, changing general standards, and so on, so as not to lose face in front of “a tolerant modern society where everyone has the right to identify as they please and so that nothing infringes on their rights.” So, why is this group of people playing porn games, worse?

Why is it that such a minority as porn game players isn’t protected, isn’t catered to, and no more space is made for them in society? On the contrary, they are oppressed, and their last resort is being taken away in favor of others, even though many compromises could be devised in which one could divide the same payment methods, for example, making payments for adult games through the Steam balance itself. (I took the idea from a comment under another post; I found it quite interesting).

Valve themselves gave an answer on this matter, stating that if they hadn’t taken such actions, people would have lost certain payment methods: “As a result, we are removing these games from the Steam store, as losing payment methods will prevent customers from purchasing other games and game content on Steam.” But if this was done for the convenience and comfort of customers, then why weren’t other customers who bought the removed games taken into account, and why didn’t they even think about some alternative for them?

Why is it that we fight for the rights of some groups of people, do everything for others, and simply give up on some groups? Are they not human?

What’s wrong with people choosing to play adult games or even watch porn? It doesn’t make them worse, and they shouldn’t be written off because they’re just like everyone else, they just chose an activity they enjoy. After all, everyone decides for themselves in their life, or is that no longer the case, and can players of eroge not be considered human due to their preferences?

Under many posts, there are a large number of comments like “It’s right to ban rape, immoral acts, inc3ct, and so on.” But why are you applying this? Do these acts cause pain and moral injury to poor “pixels on the screen” or 3D models?

All these characters and situations are just fiction and nothing more, which has nothing to do with real life and doesn’t harm anyone.

Games were created for entertainment, creating worlds and situations that are impossible in real life or that are better not to commit.

If you are so worried that “immoral” acts are committed in some game and you are all so against it, then why are you silent about many games like shooters and so on? There are shootings, oh my god, you need to “kill 3D models” there, in some cases, that are controlled by other players.

And it turns out you create double standards, because “different fetishes in adult games are bad, because we condemn such things in life.”

But killing in games is normal, although it is also prohibited in real life, but you turn a blind eye to it.

My text has already become quite extensive, the surge of motivation has ended, and I’ll probably stop there. Thank you to everyone who read it, and share your opinion on this matter.