Spoke with an anon source who had an interesting insight into Visa policy. Per a convo with their bank on the Steam/itchio situation today, Visa put new restrictions into place due to a new "government policy." The exact phrase used by Visa. No specific country was listed as the source of the policy
A few things about this baffle me.
- They waited until Collective Shout made a move before they did anything, and allowed them to claim responsibility. If this was based on specific governments and laws, their lawyers would likely clarify rather then letting that be the initial reason.
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Maybe the idea is to let Collective Shout and Visa/Mastercard take the fall so people waste all their time on them instead of calling their representatives?
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- They are going out of their way to override the sovereignty of foreign nations when it comes to what can be bought and sold (see also Japan). It would be far more profitable and less competitively risky for them not to do so, yet they are persisting on this course of action.
