BowtiesAreCool comments on Mastercard deflects blame for NSFW games being taken down, but Valve says payment processors 'specifically cited' a Mastercard rule about damaging the brand

Mastercard deflects blame for NSFW games being taken down, but Valve says payment processors 'specifically cited' a Mastercard rule about damaging the brand (www.pcgamer.com)

submitted 1 year ago by themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Statement: https://www.mastercard.com/us/en/news-and-trends/press/2025/august/clarifying-recent-headlines-on-gaming-content.html

Mastercard has not evaluated any game or required restrictions of any activity on game creator sites and platforms, contrary to media reports and allegations.

Our payment network follows standards based on the rule of law. Put simply, we allow all lawful purchases on our network. At the same time, we require merchants to have appropriate controls to ensure Mastercard cards cannot be used for unlawful purchases, including illegal adult content.

Media contact

Seth Eisen

seth.eisen@mastercard.com

[–] BowtiesAreCool@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (8 children)

I don’t have any credit cards saved on steam. I only use PayPal for steam purchases.

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[–] SippyCup@feddit.nl 32 points 1 year ago (6 children)

😬

I'd rather pay with my actual blood than use PayPal.

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[–] BowtiesAreCool@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (4 children)

It’s purely because steam hasn’t been able to keep my login info secure for almost a decade. I’ve changed emails, passwords, both, and yet I will always get random 2FA attempts from other places. I just don’t trust them to keep my bank info safe either.

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[–] Darkenfolk@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 year ago (1 child)

I'm looking at this and I am just wondering... Did you also check the computers your using?

It's quite a bit easier to get in the pc of a normal user than it is to get into the computers of valve, or at least that's to hope.

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[–] BowtiesAreCool@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago

Yep, I’ve completely changed computers multiple times. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

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[–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Interesting. I've been using steam for decades and the only time my account was compromised was due to my own machine getting some malware. It was easy enough to clean up, reset password and reset all my steam sessions.

Now my blizzard account on the other hand... I got so tired of defending it that I've cleared all my CC and personal info from the account and just decided to let the hackers have it. Their shit leaks bad.

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[–] zarathustrad@lemmy.world 1 point 2 weeks ago

How do they manage to keep millions of other accounts uncompromised for over a decade, yet somehow it's only you getting 2FAs? Seems unlikely.

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[–] NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Choose your poison.