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Exiteternium 30 Aug @ 5:06pm
Valve/Steam STOP F^%KING CAVING
Seriously, Valve needs to STOP caving to thsi shadow corporate dictatorship violatign rights of gamers/buyers and cowtowing to other nations whims.. last i knew Valve is an AMERICAN company and as such not subject to other nations laws. so how about a little more of that AMERICAN RESISTIVE SPIRIT, you know the one that got us 1776 and a DUB in 1783.

here is something valve could have done to get around collective ♥♥♥♥♥ authoritarian Dominatrix power trip fantasy, tell Steam account holders to just add funds to their steam wallet and use those. there is now no game purchase tied to the transaction directly to the card company. this censorship needs to end.

I may not agree with the content of all the games being restricted, but i do agree with the premise that responsibility should lie with the account holder, and ONLY the account holder. and that the account holder should not be restricted in their efforts to purchase a GAME, especially when it is the account holders money to do with as they choose once compensated for the services they provided their employer.

once that money hit's their bank account, it is not for another company to choose how it is spent. Visa and MC CEO's walking a fine line to getting mangioned they keep this up, AND FRANKLY I HOPE THEY DO. people are tired of CEO authoritarian sociopathic mentality and corporations acting like they are a governmental power/entity over the people.


so i say unto steam RESIST! provide WORK AROUNDS, and tell card services where to shove it.
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Seretti 30 Aug @ 5:10pm 
Originally posted by Exiteternium:
last i knew Valve is an AMERICAN company and as such not subject to other nations laws.

They do business in these countries so yes, they do need to follow those laws.
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C²C^Guyver |NZB| 30 Aug @ 5:12pm 
Originally posted by Exiteternium:
Seriously, Valve needs to STOP caving to thsi shadow corporate dictatorship violatign rights of gamers/buyers and cowtowing to other nations whims.. last i knew Valve is an AMERICAN company and as such not subject to other nations laws. so how about a little more of that AMERICAN RESISTIVE SPIRIT, you know the one that got us 1776 and a DUB in 1783.

here is something valve could have done to get around collective ♥♥♥♥♥ authoritarian Dominatrix power trip fantasy, tell Steam account holders to just add funds to their steam wallet and use those. there is now no game purchase tied to the transaction directly to the card company. this censorship needs to end.

I may not agree with the content of all the games being restricted, but i do agree with the premise that responsibility should lie with the account holder, and ONLY the account holder. and that the account holder should not be restricted in their efforts to purchase a GAME, especially when it is the account holders money to do with as they choose once compensated for the services they provided their employer.

once that money hit's their bank account, it is not for another company to choose how it is spent. Visa and MC CEO's walking a fine line to getting mangioned they keep this up, AND FRANKLY I HOPE THEY DO. people are tired of CEO authoritarian sociopathic mentality and corporations acting like they are a governmental power/entity over the people.


so i say unto steam RESIST! provide WORK AROUNDS, and tell card services where to shove it.
REAL big talk when it's not your company nor your money....
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nullable 30 Aug @ 5:20pm 
OP seems like you're very confused what Valve is and what their options are. At any rate pretty easy to talk big when you don't have any skin in the game. How much of Valve do you own? Zero percent?

Why not start your own business and ignore laws, and let's see you practice what you preach. I'll get the popcorn, I love watching clueless laymen learn hard lessons that they could have understood if they didn't live by "ready, shoot, aim".
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cSg|mc-Hotsauce 30 Aug @ 5:37pm 
Valve isn't going to pay the fines for not following the law.

Because if they ignored the law, the UK would just block Steam instead and then, everyone loses.

:nkCool:
Last edited by cSg|mc-Hotsauce; 30 Aug @ 5:50pm
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Aluvard 30 Aug @ 5:48pm 
It's UK law. It's doesn't matter if Valve agrees nor likes it. If they want to keep their business in UK, they need to uphold it.
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Exiteternium 30 Aug @ 7:00pm 
Originally posted by Aluvard:
It's UK law. It's doesn't matter if Valve agrees nor likes it. If they want to keep their business in UK, they need to uphold it.
Valve is american not UK.
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Exiteternium 30 Aug @ 7:00pm 
Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:
Valve isn't going to pay the fines for not following the law.

Because if they ignored the law, the UK would just block Steam instead and then, everyone loses.

:nkCool:
Good luck to UK to make them pay anything. not a UK company.
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Exiteternium 30 Aug @ 7:04pm 
Originally posted by nullable:
OP seems like you're very confused what Valve is and what their options are. At any rate pretty easy to talk big when you don't have any skin in the game. How much of Valve do you own? Zero percent?

Why not start your own business and ignore laws, and let's see you practice what you preach. I'll get the popcorn, I love watching clueless laymen learn hard lessons that they could have understood if they didn't live by "ready, shoot, aim".

Not publically traded company, or i would have. again, not UK company not subject to UK laws. how about you censorship gang leave, no one in the gaming space likes any of you.

like if i tweet UK is a muslim alien paradise what is UK gonna do? threaten me with something they have no authority over? please. they are welcome to come here and get 1776'd all over again.
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Hermit 30 Aug @ 7:09pm 
Originally posted by Seretti:
Originally posted by Exiteternium:
last i knew Valve is an AMERICAN company and as such not subject to other nations laws.

They do business in these countries so yes, they do need to follow those laws.

Or they can form an alliance with every other company and fight this. Caving into demands will just hurt them in the long run.
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Aluvard 30 Aug @ 7:10pm 
Originally posted by Exiteternium:
Originally posted by Aluvard:
It's UK law. It's doesn't matter if Valve agrees nor likes it. If they want to keep their business in UK, they need to uphold it.
Valve is american not UK.
And? As I said, if they want to have access to UK market, they need to uphold local law.
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Sunday Driver 30 Aug @ 7:32pm 
Maybe Valve should just region block the UK. Problem solved. Same with all the other companies and social media platforms.
Last edited by Sunday Driver; 30 Aug @ 7:33pm
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datCookie 30 Aug @ 7:34pm 
Originally posted by Exiteternium:
Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:
Valve isn't going to pay the fines for not following the law.

Because if they ignored the law, the UK would just block Steam instead and then, everyone loses.

:nkCool:
Good luck to UK to make them pay anything. not a UK company.

They do business in the UK, so they are subject to relevant UK laws. They are beholden to all relevant laws in every country in which they do business.

This is international business 101
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