AND icth.io just got hit hard with censorship - ha, what are the odds?

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V-Bro - The Titan's Driver 24 Jul @ 9:34am

The credit card companies now know their reach, Steam added blood to the water for more sharks to circle, and the site of itch.io now has to cut out their NSFW games.
ALL of them.
(They're de-listed for now, but that's just effectively a ban, and one step away from a total ban)

It's as I expected - it's never enough, and there's always another target for the payment processors to hit.

What good is a right if a single company or oligopoly anywhere in the world can stop you from exercising it? Similar logic applies to your money - if the payment processor controls it, it isn't yours.

Don't be surprised if they come back with another kill list for Steam. Heck, I bet they don't stop at adult games either. You'll at least get Sony-style censorship.

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eram 24 Jul @ 9:35am

That's 7 times in 2 days amazing.

Christian 24 Jul @ 9:35am

Since the crybabies are quoting this, I'll edit to say I dont care much about this. Only about .05% care levels at the moment.

Last edited by Christian; 24 Jul @ 5:47pm

V-Bro - The Titan's Driver 24 Jul @ 9:45am

Originally posted by Christian:
There's already a thread for this.

Nobody cares in it either.

I know YOU don't care. And I don't care that you don't care, (at least until one of your games get hit and you cry about it then).

I care about it, so I'm talking about it.

Yew Nough 24 Jul @ 9:56am

It's crazy when you live in a time where news corporation owners and credit card companies have taken a stand to fight against degeneracy, as no one else cares to.

Nülliflower 24 Jul @ 9:58am

Originally posted by Yew Nough:
It's crazy when you live in a time where news corporation owners and credit card companies have taken a stand to fight against degeneracy, as no one else cares to.

you mean against freedom.

V-Bro - The Titan's Driver 24 Jul @ 9:59am

Originally posted by Yew Nough:
It's crazy when you live in a time where news corporation owners and credit card companies have taken a stand to fight against degeneracy, as no one else cares to.

That's where they START, with weird niches that few are willing to defend.
Before moving on to bigger stuff.

You're an idiot.

St✩rlight 24 Jul @ 10:00am

Start your own credit card and set your own terms

V-Bro - The Titan's Driver 24 Jul @ 10:00am

Originally posted by St✩rlight:
Start your own credit card and set your own terms

You got a few billion dollars and good terms with the banks to help me with that?

Last edited by V-Bro - The Titan's Driver; 24 Jul @ 10:01am

NeutronVortex 24 Jul @ 10:01am

Just checked and seems to only be affecting certain adult games, not all.

smokerob79 24 Jul @ 10:04am

does anyone see issues with censoring games but not censoring game hacks that are paid services!?!?!?!?!

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V-Bro - The Titan's Driver 24 Jul @ 10:04am

Originally posted by NeutronVortex:
Just checked and seems to only be affecting certain adult games, not all.

Many are still technically online, but effectively delisted to the point that they can't be viewed by almost anyone, with many creators reporting huge drops in new viewership.

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Rio ⛧ 24 Jul @ 10:04am

Originally posted by NeutronVortex:
Just checked and seems to only be affecting certain adult games, not all.

Rome wasn't built in a day. And the internet didn't go from unregulated to corporate over night. It was a long process.

Atm this is building the system to filter and screen everything. Later more can be added to the filter, and more.

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Boblin the Goblin 24 Jul @ 10:07am

Originally posted by NeutronVortex:
Just checked and seems to only be affecting certain adult games, not all.

They released a statement that all games marked as NSFW have been hidden with some removed.

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Alamort 24 Jul @ 10:07am

It needed to happen anyways if you think about it because of how much of a dark market it is in terms of content and the questionable nature of it. Like not even mainstream companies are making this sort of content for a living because it wouldn’t hit store shelves as it is.

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