Furries have hated the whole "legal adult business made difficult or randomly disrupted because the payment processor companies decided they dont like you" thing for quite some time now. Ive seen multiple artists I follow in that space make multiple switches of platforms because of it and plenty more complain about them. Tho its usually been paypal that gets complained about there from what Ive seen.

We sic the furries on them...

Knowing the furries, we probably have agents in every one of those corporate data centers already. XD

Furries are also a part of the phoning campaign, I've seen it all over my bsky timeline. We're (the sane ones, not the 18 year old puritans) all pretty upset over it because it's pretty obvious this is yet another attempt to erase queerness online with the veneer of "protect kids" or whatever the fuck they're saying now.

They don't really have this excuse though because the products that they are banning are legal in the jurisdictions in which they're banning them.

They've been really coy about this, they're really trying to push the idea that adult content is illegal and therefore it's totally nothing to do with them. It's the standard right-wing tactic of just blatantly lying in the vague hope that somehow it'll become true.

Is what these scumbags always do when they didn't really think it through and are now being called out on it.

they are naruto walking, converging on mastercard HQ

Back tracking is FAR harder, ego wise.

Part of the goal isn't to reverse it, but to slow further slips down the slope. They will remember the hassle it caused this time, and decide that it's not worth trying for an easy life from the religious nutjobs, if the gamers will kick up more of a stink.

right wing pressure has more sway in america nowadays cause of trump

Cash. Start using cash again.

Duopoly, but yeah.

Should try selling artwork and then give away a copy of a game to customers. You can't sell the game so might as well include it as a gift.

On it's certainly gotten their attention alright

Why would anyone ever piss off the furries? Do you WANT your internet to suddenly go at dial-up speeds?

I mean, yeah, that’s definitely a part of them.

Furries have felt their entire identity targeted, even the sex stuff set aside. A bit like the drag queen attacks.

this makes me feel nostalgic and old. does anyone remember the gamers vs furries thing?

So it all has to do with the extremist movement to censor online content. The argument is that 'anybody' can access Adult content, even though most of the situations there are verification, filters based on age, parental controls, etc. Since these groups weren't gaining traction on the platforms (i.e. Steam) these groups started harassing the payment processors themselves. Because the processors don't want to be held legally liable, they threaten to pull the ability to process payments through those channels (aka no more Mastercard / Visa unless you give in to our demands). So this is all or at least largely in part due to the monopoly that these payment processors have on the market. Obviously if your business is strictly online and the majority of your money comes from transactions from Mastercard and Visa, you're going to do what they say lest you risk losing the majority of your business. As a side note there has been some progress made in Europe to break up that duopoly. I don't know a lot so do your own look up but there are other payment processing options. If you can, do your part and support those companies!

The literal rule change they made that caused this explicitly states you have to follow payment processor guidelines:

Content that may violate the rules and standards set forth by Steam’s payment processors and related card networks and banks, or internet network providers.

They also basically cofirmed this was brought up by the payment processors.

tranny

That is considered a slur, btw

Jesus Christ dude what's wrong with you