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Last I checked, NSFW art wasn't currently acceptable, payment processors would refuse to deal with you... so how do the likes of Patreon and OnlyFans managed to
by BlueTemplar 3y ago
Last I checked, NSFW art wasn't currently acceptable, payment processors would refuse to deal with you... so how do the likes of Patreon and OnlyFans managed to get a pass ?
- mattdesl 3y agoNSFW art is not illegal; VISA won't block you if you fund an artist who is drawing or photographing nudes, and Patreon's current policy is that this form of content is acceptable.[1] [1] https://www.patreon.com/en-GB/policy/community-guidelines https://www.patreon.com/en-GB/policy/community-guidelines
- BlueTemplar 3y agoAFAIK the crux of the matter is exactly in how VISA and the like are judge, jury and executioner on these matters : if they don't think what you are doing is acceptable, being legal won't change anything about that. And as far as I remember, Patreon also had similar issues with terminating accounts of people that they (not judges !) have decided to have violated (IIRC) hate speech laws ? (This wouldn't be an issue if antitrust was working properly and Patreon hadn't become so big that alternatives aren't even on people's radars (GP's ignorance about Tipeee being an example), but here we are...)
- game_the0ry 3y agoThere was a HN post while back that speculated that they might be using "cascading" payments where OnlyFans will load balance across payment processors to keep the charge back rates low.
- dotnet00 3y agoThey get a pass by having the right contacts at the payment processors. Unfortunately we still haven't acknowledged that online payment processors are effectively a utility nowadays, so what the processors restrict and how they enforce it is completely arbitrary, and thus the winners and losers they choose are also very arbitrary.