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Utility is the way to go. By choosing to allow some products and not others, the payment processors can now be criticized for every transaction they allow. Stepping away from that is the right decision for them. It's liberating to not care what people do.

They need to make computers two people can sit down at and use at the same time

Begging leftists to realize this and to start caring about tech policy. So many big leftist accounts on here promote backwards moral panic about social media platforms that are being used as a pretense for mass censorship. What's happening is really bad

saw this on tumblr and i'm crossposting it; “protect children”<-reactionary drivel basically every time “be kind to children”<-radical thinking that causes way more arguments than you would ever imagine the average person thinks of children like particularly delicate houseplants

The U.S. government is trying to require that ALL social media apps require ID by pushing online age verification under the guise of “child safety”. We need to do everything in our power to fight back

People who seize power always know to get your foothold where no one will contest you. If you want to ban the thing people like, get them to give you the power to ban the thing they don't like, first.

you can tell its not about morals when the card companies aren't allowing stuff like piss. it's just about finding stuff icky. The idea that "Degenerate Art" is something that needs to be censored is overtly fascist.

the UK is a great example of late stage carceralism. having banned everything that looks even vaguely reasonable to ban, as well as things like swords that are minimally unreasonable to ban, the ever-expanding, unquestionable police state starts literally taking candy from babies

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This is actually insane. This is more invasive than putting your documents out there, no government should have access to your entire digital footprint like this

Incredible how the entire internet is getting ruined right now because people were too puritanist to realize how even the slightest bit of censorship is going to eventually be aimed at everything those with enough power don't want to exist

We’ve come full circle. Next up: Brilliant new idea! What if we could use a language with very precise syntax that tells the computer *exactly* what to do?

torture works has also been delisted by @itchio despite not being pornography. it's literary horror published by a respected press, but it has gay characters, which is enough.

A lot of my leftist friends think that gross shit like sister eroge or fucked up porn should be censored, but basically all Republicans who are in charge of this country want to label any LGBT content as pornographic. It might seem like it doesnt matter but we will be next

Hell is real and full of do-gooders.

This is one of the most important battles going on in art and games right now. I have no problem with platforms deciding what they do and don't want to support, but we are terrorized by monopolies. There are no alternatives but compliance.

Itchio and steam is just the start, if Detroit become human is one of their targets you really think any game or movie or book or indie project is safe? These people are a roving band of reactionary sycophants and everyone else is turning a blind eye because its "gross"

Collective Shout also went after Itch io. And Itch io bent.

evil fucking tenna he forces you into paying for subscription services and cancels every possible show. instead of gameshow host attire he wears corporate suits. he talks in annoying basic corporate font