themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agoSteam payment headaches grow as PayPal is no longer usable for much of the world: Valve hopes to bring it back in the future, 'but the timeline is uncertain'www.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square229linkfedilinkarrow-up1527arrow-down16
arrow-up1521arrow-down1external-linkSteam payment headaches grow as PayPal is no longer usable for much of the world: Valve hopes to bring it back in the future, 'but the timeline is uncertain'www.pcgamer.comthemachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square229linkfedilink
minus-squareBarracuda@lemmy.zipcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·5 days agoThe short is that the acquiring bank of PayPal has banned transactions to Steam in all non-Western currencies (exception being Japanese Yen).
minus-squareWraithGear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days agoits a power play to enforce dominance
minus-squareBunScientist@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 days agoTIL Mexico isn’t in the west
The short is that the acquiring bank of PayPal has banned transactions to Steam in all non-Western currencies (exception being Japanese Yen).
Why?
its a power play to enforce dominance
TIL Mexico isn’t in the west