Valve have added a new rule to the Onboarding guide for game developers, noting that payment processors get a say in what stays on Steam.

Valve have added a new rule to the Onboarding guide for game developers, noting that payment processors get a say in what stays on Steam.

Newly added rule is:

Content that may violate the rules and standards set forth by Steam’s payment processors and related card networks and banks, or internet network providers. In particular, certain kinds of adult only content.

Diff of the new terms https://github.com/SteamDatabase/SteamworksDocumentation/commit/fddd59b5395cc3c1c74574650dbf5784612d0521

:/ payment processors strike again (slippery slope etc)

  • atro_city
    11•1 month ago

    We need GNU taler everywhere. Fuck these USAian payment processors.

    • @monogram@feddit.nlEnglish
      2•1 month ago

      Wow GNU Taler is indeed the answer, it attempt to be a privacy friendly alternative to PayPal

      It’s not yet another cryptocurrency, no blockchain 🎉 no mining 🎉 no surveillance for the purchaser!

      https://www.taler.net/en/