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Post by tyingq »

jjeaff wrote: post #244
toomuchtodo wrote: post #125

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Oh god I can’t believe I’m going to say this. Crypto/Bitcoin, in keeping with the relationship the Internet and adult content have. Congrats Coinbase, Venmo, and others enabling censorship resistant crypto payments on your revenue bump.

Hate to break it to you, but all these processors that are facilitating crypto are actively policing what you do with it. They will restrict you or kick you off their platform for using crypto for things they don't want you to use it for.

Curious how much work they put into this. Do they follow coinbase->private wallet->multiple payees at different times for lower amounts?

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Post by breadzeppelin__ »

bob33212 wrote: post #283
perardi wrote: post #272

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Sustainably? Or will they replicate, survive for a while, get to a critical mass, and then get nuked from orbit by Visa?

If crypto was ever going to be useful, this is where it will do it.

adult industry once again on the cutting edge of tech

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Post by guerrilla »

MomoXenosaga wrote: post #281
dweekly wrote: post #126

It sure sounds like this was forced on them by their payment processors, not that this was a voluntary move. https://twitter.com/danprimack/status/1428420774449266691?s=...

This is why America needs to work beyond it's fascination with creditcards. Your bank can't block shit and has to process whatever transaction you want short of the terrorist watchlist.

> Your bank can't block shit and has to process whatever transaction you want short of the terrorist watchlist.

Is that true?

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Post by temp20210816 »

Problem with these sites is that how do you ensure that everything is voluntary? You might end up making money for a pimp or human trafficking group.

This is a real concern especially on the cam content. It’s quite tempting business for some pimp on low-income country to get house, few cameras and put ladies to work.

Kind of same issues with the porn in general, but I assume there’s lots of paperwork happening on background for large production companies.

Re: OnlyFans to block sexually explicit videos starting in October

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Post by jjulius »

MomoXenosaga wrote: post #281
dweekly wrote: post #126

It sure sounds like this was forced on them by their payment processors, not that this was a voluntary move. https://twitter.com/danprimack/status/1428420774449266691?s=...

This is why America needs to work beyond it's fascination with creditcards. Your bank can't block shit and has to process whatever transaction you want short of the terrorist watchlist.

And yet they all stopped processing payments for PornHub.

Please cite a source(s) for your claim, re: "banks can't block shit"

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Post by adrusi »

emodendroket wrote: post #162
l33t2328 wrote: post #152

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This is absolutely ridiculous. What if they decide people can no longer buy dildos or lube or condoms or guns or alcohol or meat on Fridays? There’s no law with respect to “payment neutrality”??

Why should there be? It seems absurd to MANDATE anyone participate in the sex trade. There are payment processors who specialize in adult content.

We mandate that some companies participate in the sex trade, at least to the extent that payment processors can be considered to be participating.

The electrical company is mandated to provide power to Onlyfans' datacenters, so long as they are paying for the service.

Also there's basically only four payment processors: Visa, Mastercard, Discover and Amex. None of them specialize in adult business. There are downstream processors along the lines of PayPal and Stripe, and some of them specialize in adult business, but they're entirely beholden to the big four.

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Post by thephyber »

l33t2328 wrote: post #198
emodendroket wrote: post #162

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why should there be? It seems absurd to MANDATE anyone participate in the sex trade. There are payment processors who specialize in adult content.

You know how US Dollars say “This note is legal tender for all debts” on them? It seems to absurd to allow companies with an oligopoly on most of the transfer of those notes to pick and choose what sectors are appropriate for citizens to interact with financially.

There is no financial neutrality requirement, but perhaps there should be.

Also, that quote on the dollar has nothing to do with your argument. You seem to be projecting a layperson’s interpretation of those words instead of the relevant jurisprudence.

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Post by danielmg »

ctoth wrote: post #159

From my understanding, one of the major reasons that payment processors don't like porn is the regretful customer problem, which makes this sort of content a lot more likely to be disputed/have chargebacks. One of the oft-mentioned downsides to Cryptocurrency is the 'no takebacks' property. Perhaps these two things fit together? Also avoids the problem of payment processors dictating morality.

The fact that crypto isn't even a thing with these sites tells you everything you need to know about the future of crypto.

It's a speculation-bubble and a circle-jerk all in one.

It has no future in retail or p2p payments. People need the safety nets the existing payment schemes, processors, banks, and regulators provide. See "push payment fraud" in my country (UK) as an example.

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