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minus-squaremholiv@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months 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-up0·3 months agoThey have regional pricing already, regional content bans should be easy enough.
minus-squareStatic_Rocket@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoThe problem here being these payment processors are global.
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months 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.
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.