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It's not country-wide policy though. They aren't deciding what people can and can't buy. They're deciding of what they will or won't facilitate the sale. The A

It's not country-wide policy though. They aren't deciding what people can and can't buy. They're deciding of what they will or won't facilitate the sale. The American pornography industry has solved this problem by 1. recognizing that there is higher risk, like "oh no honey that $5.99 charge from onlyfans on the statement must have been fraud! do a chargeback." and 2. recognizing that the optics of selling pornography are bad and not everyone wants to assume what is essentially an externality (bearing that optics cost) without being paid extra for it. So there are providers that handle "high-risk" payments like that. Or they take crypto. One of the cool things about the fact that companies are profit-seeking and really like making money, is that when they turn down what looks like an opportunity to make money you can be pretty sure it's for a good reason.

dragontamer 1y ago
> American What does this have to do with Japan? The fundamental problem addressed here is that these Japanese people, one way or the other, are complaining about how our culture is influencing them. And your response is to tell them to be more American? Presumably speaking, the Japanese people would want a Japanese solution here. I don't live in Japan but I think I can at least get the gist of this guy's argument. > One of the cool things about the fact that companies are profit-seeking and really like making money, is that when they turn down what looks like an opportunity to make money you can be pretty sure it's for a good reason. Historically speaking, for profit companies of different cultures misunderstand and even abuse the locals. Because you know, profits to the foreigner and reasons that the local doesn't care or even may be opposed to. For the locals to feel threatened by that (and claiming that democracy is at stake) is... Well, a trope at this point. It keeps happening so we probably should be sensitive to the gist of the argument.
- landl0rd 1y ago
  It's a case study of how you can either work to assume those costs and build them into the price of the product, rather than being willfully blind and claiming they don't exist or should remain externalities, and maintain relationships with processors. It's also a case study of when you can just bypass them and use other payment methods. This isn't an "American solution", it's an example of ways around a problem with the industry. I'm not sure how refusing business (which, if these costs weren't real, would reduce "profits to the foreigner") is supposed to contribute to "misunderstand[ing] and even abuse." I guess I can understand why they're sensitive, but they have multiple homegrown sets of payment rails they can use. If they want to use the foreign ones they can reasonably accept that a large multinational is "less Japanese" than the Japanese ones.
- bravesfan21 1y ago
  Hi dragontamer, super random question. You posted back in 2019 that you used a dental device to help you sleep. Is it still effective for you? Have you experienced any bad side effects?
  - dragontamer 1y ago
    I remember it working reasonably well, but there was jaw pressure. Later, my dentist pointed out that my teeth were misaligned so I stopped using the device, worried that it was messing with my jaw and teeth structure.

dragontamer 1y ago

> American What does this have to do with Japan? The fundamental problem addressed here is that these Japanese people, one way or the other, are complaining about how our culture is influencing them. And your response is to tell them to be more American? Presumably speaking, the Japanese people would want a Japanese solution here. I don't live in Japan but I think I can at least get the gist of this guy's argument. > One of the cool things about the fact that companies are profit-seeking and really like making money, is that when they turn down what looks like an opportunity to make money you can be pretty sure it's for a good reason. Historically speaking, for profit companies of different cultures misunderstand and even abuse the locals. Because you know, profits to the foreigner and reasons that the local doesn't care or even may be opposed to. For the locals to feel threatened by that (and claiming that democracy is at stake) is... Well, a trope at this point. It keeps happening so we probably should be sensitive to the gist of the argument.

landl0rd 1y ago
It's a case study of how you can either work to assume those costs and build them into the price of the product, rather than being willfully blind and claiming they don't exist or should remain externalities, and maintain relationships with processors. It's also a case study of when you can just bypass them and use other payment methods. This isn't an "American solution", it's an example of ways around a problem with the industry. I'm not sure how refusing business (which, if these costs weren't real, would reduce "profits to the foreigner") is supposed to contribute to "misunderstand[ing] and even abuse." I guess I can understand why they're sensitive, but they have multiple homegrown sets of payment rails they can use. If they want to use the foreign ones they can reasonably accept that a large multinational is "less Japanese" than the Japanese ones.
bravesfan21 1y ago
Hi dragontamer, super random question. You posted back in 2019 that you used a dental device to help you sleep. Is it still effective for you? Have you experienced any bad side effects?
- dragontamer 1y ago
  I remember it working reasonably well, but there was jaw pressure. Later, my dentist pointed out that my teeth were misaligned so I stopped using the device, worried that it was messing with my jaw and teeth structure.