Comment on Itch.io is delisting NSFW games due to pressure from payment processors
SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 2 days agoIt’s not about morals. It’s purely about money. Porn sites are labeled as high risks because things like chargebacks, stolen credit cards etc happen more often at these adult websites. Not to mention the thin line between legal and illegal content. Therefore payment processors charge companies in the high risk category a higher fee since they need to audit these companies more frequently and deal with these chargebacks etc. more.
So either Itch.io goes into the high risk category and pay more for transactions or they remove porn. Maybe itch.io should just create a separate company to host these adult games.
jaupsinluggies@feddit.uk 2 days ago
But wasn’t that true before Collective Shite decided to piss on everyone else’s day?
Katana314@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Plus, I thought NSFW works were a large market driver. Back in the HD-DVD/Blu-Ray war, they said the winner would be determined by the porn producers.
SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 2 days ago
maybe it’s because itch mostly sells non-porn games so they probably flew under the radar, so they could have less fraudulent transaction or chargebacks as a porn site. Or the payment processors didn’t care too much that itch broke the compliance rules until someone reminded them of their duties. Like PornHub was showing illegal content for years and the payment processors only gave a shit about it until someone went to the news.