Big DeVito Energy: I would bet a not insignificant amount of money this is because of credit card processors.

I would bet a not insignificant amount of money this is because of credit card processors.

Etsy to ban sale of most sex toys, explicit content, and more

Etsy to ban sale of most sex toys, explicit content, and moremashable.com Policy changes go into effect next month.

help the ACLU bully the shit out of these weirdos.

Don't like this change to Etsy? Want Tumblr to be old-tumblr? Help the ACLU apply pressure! action.aclu.org/petition/mas...

Mastercard: Sex Work is Work. End Your Unjust Policy.action.aclu.org Mastercard's new policy unfairly targets the adult content industry, making sex workers more vulnerable, especially Black trans women. It must be stopped.

Also @pompoison.bsky.social is/was putting together a lawsuit against mastercard. You might get in touch.

why don't credit card processors understand that they'd get MORE money if they just let sex stuff fly on their services. ffs, i'd buy more porn if there weren't so many hoops to jump through on some websites

because they don't care. mostly they're run by Christian nationalists.

"Fiduciary responsibility to shareholders" is apparently not enforceable on fascists.

"Not enforced on fascists" is the whole point of fascism.

well, yeah that was kind of my point tbh

i think the common understanding of that might be a touch overblown anyway

my actual point is it's the excuse everyone uses when they do heartless/value destroying shit, and that you can't enforce shit on fascists anyways.

so 2 points i guess.

it is not about money it is idelogical they have been ideologically captured by groups such as exodus cry.

Because, contrary to popular belief, the driving principle of capitalism is not profit but exercise of control.

gross

I really wish more sw’s would accept zcash. I don’t want to use a traceable payment mechanism for that sort of thing.

plenty of us use BC as a last resort. I'm not one of them (due to technological illiteracy on my part), but they are out there.

The problem with BC is that it’s less private than a credit card! At least with a cc it’s just your bank that knows, with bc it’s the whole world.

You also can't show nudity (nipples or a female cleft) on a model if they are selling lingerie. These guidelines are crazy strict.

Its MasterCard rules. I can smell it.

Patreon has similar rules, iirc

This 💯

This is EXACTLY why the ACLU had that petition we posted about on here. So that THIS doesn't happen. 😮‍💨

You would be 1000% correct

It's always been the credit card processors. I understand they're wary of chargebacks but surely the potential profit outweighs that risk.

Most of the processors are currently run by Christian nationalists associated with exodus cry, an organization dedicated to banning expressions of human sexuality. it's not about money. it's ideological.

they say it's about trafficking, but their actions say otherwise.

It's about trafficking the same way it's about protecting kids.

If people were using credit card payments for trafficking that would be phenomenally stupid of them, since those charges are easy to track.

the company line is that anyone they perceive as a woman involved in the creation of porn must be being forced. I've had some truly nasty things said to me by people who would swear up and down I'm a victim because i do a job they wouldn't.

Not a doubt in my mind.

In America if you’re a completely fraudulent felon or a senile arms supplier you can be president but you can’t use the banking system if you sell to horny people

Damn. So much for all the cute like microkinis and what not that I like to peruse and sometimes buy off there. Lame.

they'll be available! but on mannequins instead of human bodies.

As someone in the payments industry, I think you're spot on. Etsy is partnered with worldpay and they are on the conservative side of things... which always becomes more conservative during ak inflationary period. I'm getting a lot of tobacco retailers that sell glassware that are getting dropped.

ahhh gross. how frustrating.

yeah, i think mastercard has been pointed as the culprit this time

augh. i hate them so much.

We are in a regressive society right now. Lead by mad puritans.

How the fuck did we get here, we were doing so well in the... oh wait society always has been a bit regressive, because the powerful people don't want to lose their power

Also very true.

Well fuck, i guess I can’t sell my stuff there anymore????

How am I supposed to reach an online audience as a small (tiny) niche business?

The point is to force you to not do anything "sinful" and just throwing you out on the street to die like a Catholic in the British line of Succession

check the article. impact should be fine, but the word "daddy" won't be. "nothing denoting familial relations"

My business name is Reuse Me Daddy.

And i am NOT renaming it, the name is absolute gold.

Bold and spicy, I like it

They’re dead to me now, it was such a good place for handmade leather goods

This suuucks! Incredible how much control fucking Mastercard is allowed to have over my professional and private life

MasterCard out here ruining it for everyone and inspiring Visa to do the same. Trash people.

Why the fuck do credit card companies not want to be associated with dildos

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