Ultimately they have control. Your payment may go through an intermediate website, but if you give them a credit card number, it was likely a Visa or MasterCar

Ultimately they have control. Your payment may go through an intermediate website, but if you give them a credit card number, it was likely a Visa or MasterCard. It’s possible that a person can pay with one of the less prevalent options, but Visa and MasterCard holds a lot of power. If they want to sanction a porn website, they just cut the intermediate processors of from their network, and they’re pretty much guaranteed to fold.