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Instead of asking the payment processor monopoly to censor things you don't like you can.... you know.... not indulge in things you don't like instead of ruining it for everyone who does like it?

The market speaks out with wallets not with hypocritical outrage nor moral high grounding nor virtue signaling and especially not straight up random censorship of legal buisnesses. And last time i checked onlyfans was wildly profitable and legal.



Outrage and virtue signalling is mostly noise. It only works on businesses when it becomes a credible risk of monetary losses.

> Instead of asking the payment processor monopoly to censor things you don't like

There's no monopoly here. There are many payment processing options, but their differ in their level of service and transaction fees. Both of which get better with scale. So while everyone wants to use the major processors, those processors have to cater to majority use case, because that's how they maintain their position and profits.

> last time i checked onlyfans was wildly profitable and legal

And niche. The OF story is weird in many ways. At this point I half suspect it was a PR stunt. But still, it's a fast-growing company, and like all such companies, they evolve towards being appealing to the masses, because it's the only way to continue rapid growth.


So if Visa and Mastercard refuse service to your legal business because they don't like you, what options do you have?




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