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I think the more apt analogy might be choosing not to sell flour to that jerk who runs the anti-gay cake store anymore because you don't want to be caught up in
by chadlavi 6y ago
I think the more apt analogy might be choosing not to sell flour to that jerk who runs the anti-gay cake store anymore because you don't want to be caught up in the bad PR.
I'm pretty sure you can still use MasterCard to fund a PayPal account, which can be used to buy any manner of thing, so it's not purely that Mastercard doesn't want their money being used to buy illegal things. They just don't want to be associated with it.
- freeone3000 6y agoExcept you can't pay for Pornhub with PayPal, as PayPal can't be used to buy pornography. Not even the legal kind. They won't even take the proceeds. Venmo is owned by PayPal and has the same policies. Google Pay also has an explicit ban on pornography. As does Apple Pay. As does Samsung Pay. In fact, I don't think any balance-carrying service available to Americans even theoretically allows paying for porn.
- chadlavi 6y agoThat's interesting, I didn't know that. So in this case MasterCard is really sort of joining an established bloc among their peers? Though I guess they're not saying "no more porn" right out, just this one vendor it sounds like.