Financial networks either need "network neutrality" rules or maybe that monopoly needs to get broken up
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Remember when Visa and Mastercard made a big deal defending the right to buy guns on their platform? https://finance.yahoo.com/news/visa-won-t-block-gun-180848343.html
Does a change.org petition with 100k signatures really count as "under fire"? Fuck them, but I doubt this will do anything sadly
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Att first i thought it was just PayPal. Not great but ok. Fair enough.
But Visa and MasterCard blocking stuff is not ok. Their position is too big. And too crucial in the infrastructure.
But. A bank that can get something new rolling should profit quite well, which is a good incentive to come up with alternative
...the purse strings, it's always the purse strings...
Am I the only one who thought from the headline that MC and Visa were censoring fake legal documents and not adult entertainment?
It won't matter.bi mean nothing will change. Everyone will have to keep using their services and most people just don't know or care. Until a new company that does the same job but without the bullshit (preferably a co-op) flights its way into the industry to break their monopoly, morning will change.
Cryptocurrencies were made to avoid shit like this. Good luck gently ask mastercard and visa to change their policies.
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