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minus-squareILikeBoobies@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoCC companies have a really easy retort in that they operate in jurisdictions where these things are illegal
minus-squaremholiv@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoAnd the easy retort to that is that they don’t apply Chinese censorship globally. Only in China. Regional laws only apply regionally.
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoThey have regional pricing already, regional content bans should be easy enough.
minus-squareStatic_Rocket@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoThe problem here being these payment processors are global.
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoRight, my point is that Visa shouldn’t care if an American is buying something that’s illegal in China, if the product is not allowed for sale in China.
CC companies have a really easy retort in that they operate in jurisdictions where these things are illegal
And the easy retort to that is that they don’t apply Chinese censorship globally. Only in China. Regional laws only apply regionally.
They have regional pricing already, regional content bans should be easy enough.
The problem here being these payment processors are global.
Right, my point is that Visa shouldn’t care if an American is buying something that’s illegal in China, if the product is not allowed for sale in China.