themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 days agoSteam payment headaches grow as PayPal is no longer usable for much of the world: Valve hopes to bring it back in the future, 'but the timeline is uncertain'www.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square54linkfedilinkarrow-up1370arrow-down14
arrow-up1366arrow-down1external-linkSteam payment headaches grow as PayPal is no longer usable for much of the world: Valve hopes to bring it back in the future, 'but the timeline is uncertain'www.pcgamer.comthemachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 days agomessage-square54linkfedilink
minus-squareHarbinger01173430@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30arrow-down2·16 days agoUh…just use your credit/debit card directly within steam? Why rely on the scummiest third party payment app that’s ever existed in the world?
minus-squareGorillazrule@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·16 days agoI agree with the sentiment, but the reason they’re looking at third party apps is to avoid the control that payment processing companies have over censorship following the whole Visa/MasterCard issue.
minus-squareHarbinger01173430@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·16 days agoI can keep buying porn games on steam with my third world country credit card. 🧐
minus-squareEvotech@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·16 days agoBecause its not really secure
minus-squareCatDogL0ver@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·15 days agoSome people launder their money. It was the only I could send money out of the country without too many hoops to jump
Uh…just use your credit/debit card directly within steam?
Why rely on the scummiest third party payment app that’s ever existed in the world?
I agree with the sentiment, but the reason they’re looking at third party apps is to avoid the control that payment processing companies have over censorship following the whole Visa/MasterCard issue.
I can keep buying porn games on steam with my third world country credit card. 🧐
Because its not really secure
Some people launder their money. It was the only I could send money out of the country without too many hoops to jump