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You mean pornhub can still take Amex? I thought Visa and MC banned it.
by nottorp 2y ago
You mean pornhub can still take Amex? I thought Visa and MC banned it.
- Dalewyn 2y agoNo clue about Pornhub, but as someone who frequently shops at Japanese online stores I know places like DMM stopped taking Visa/Mastercard (because of their nanny bullshittery) while they still take AMEX like they always did. That whole fiasco vindicated my loyalty to AMEX: So long as the transaction is legal and authorized and ultimately paid for, they really do not care how an AMEX cardholder spends because it's none of their business.
- lmm 2y agoA number of Japanese sellers have been blocked from Visa/MC but still take Amex and Discover/JCB. DLSite changed a bunch of category names, which would suggest that those were the things Visa/MC were blocking, although given that they still ended up cut off, who knows.
- Dalewyn 2y agoTo be clear about who is cutting off who, it's the Japanese merchants cutting Visa/Mastercard off as far as I can tell. They got so sick and tired of being nanny'd by Visa/Mastercard that they judged the loss of those cardholders is worth the reduction in obnoxious overhead, and I don't blame them. Meanwhile, AMEX (and Discover/JCB/Diners Club) cards are still accepted because they just do their job of conveying money.
- lmm 2y ago> To be clear about who is cutting off who, it's the Japanese merchants cutting Visa/Mastercard off as far as I can tell. I don't think so. Particularly given that DLSite made the changes to their keywords that Visa/MC had presumably objected to, it looks like they were trying to play ball but Visa/MC still cut them off.