Did they make sure to get permission from payment processors before implementing this?

I'll reply to the two last bits:

1. Notice how it's specifically about activists, not all trans people. As far as I'm aware she has not expressed hate for trans people.
2. I think she was discussing Kier Starmer's statement on the matter. There are two sides to "The Great Replacement Theory." One is factual, and supported by people such as Starmer, and one is an antisemitic theory. She was talking about the former. That's not racism.

I'm not going to dispute point-for-point; I exclusively post from my phone and it would be too much work. An example would be taking a clip out of context, i.e. a vtuber talking about someone else's talking points, and portraying it as though they are the vtuber's opinions.

Gamergate? I don't really care.

I'll post my comment from another thread on the same subject: I have very little respect for Valens' writing after seeing articles spreading lies and essentially striking out at a vtuber company for being rejected by them. Vice is crap, but Valens is no better.

I have very little respect for Valens' writing after seeing articles spreading lies and essentially striking out at a vtuber company for being rejected by them. Vice is crap, but Valens is no better.

I played it, and what sticks in my mind isn't bugs, but poor writing and uninteresting gameplay. I think it's middling at best and a terrible entry in the series.

If you're specifically talking about The Crew, you're missing the point. If you're being flippant, and mean online games in general, God forbid people take an interest in the health of their hobbies.

When I got banned from online play on the Switch for using homebrew I stopped paying them for games on the platform. A lot of people are former pirates, and they'll only accept so much before they decide the grass was greener.