En redes volvieron a aplaudir a DLsite por haber mandado a volar a las tarjetas de crédito internacionales antes que nadie, negándose a doblar las manos ante la censura que intentaban imponerle al contenido independiente y para adultos.
Tras las presiones de gigantes como Visa y Mastercard para restringir obras en 2024, la plataforma japonesa prefirió cortar por lo sano y refugiarse casi de lleno en la red local JCB, sacando incluso su propia tarjeta y apostando por métodos de pago domésticos para no dejar desamparados a sus ilustradores.
Muchos mencionaron que una simple procesadora de pagos no tiene por qué andarle dictando su contenido a los creativos, consolidando a la tienda como uno de los pocos bastiones que prefirieron cuidar a sus autores antes que arrodillarse ante las presiones financieras de Occidente.
Collective shout was never the main culprit, they are just the scapegoat the companies used.
Payment processors were known to do this since around like 2018, they were much less aggressive back then and mainly focused on western websites/companies.
This is fully coordinated attack on free expression spearheaded by UN and WEF with payment processors as their enforcers
A Manga got pulled from PixivFANBOX...
Because it featured kidnapping and Pixiv was pressured to remove it.
Will we soon live in a world where no criminal act can ever be depicted in media?
Apparently payment companies want exactly that, without getting push back, scary...
Most mangaka start by making doujins, so you can imagine a massive decrease in manga production and corposlopification of manga industry if this continues.
Censorship is always a slippery slope it never stops at one "thing you don't like", it keeps growing and growing. It will reach things you do like. Remember, payment processors are one part of the problem, governments are also actively pushing for more censorship. Fight against!