Hello! Hope you're all having a great day! (˵^ ◡ ^˵)
We try our very best to always share only fun things with you here, but once again there is another push from payment processors that we feel we need to bring some attention to. It's something that affects all of us, both creators and fans alike.
As you may have heard recently SubscribeStar was affected by these payment processors and forced to add much more restrictive guidelines. It was a really good platform, and we even believed it could have been a safe haven for our work in case of anything happening to our Patreon page. But now SubscribeStar seems to have even stricter rules than Patreon.
All thanks to the usual suspects of Visa, MasterCard, PayPal and others who refuse to simply process our legal payments. They don't care if its for legal purchases. They just want to "protect their brand." They only want us to purchase things they approve of regardless of our legal choice. And so SubscribeStar has become their latest target, pushed to change its TOS towards the usual payment processor censorship.
They've already reshaped Patreon,
Itch.io, Steam, DLSite and other platforms to their liking. And who knows what tomorrow will bring (or rather, take away) when their puritanical vision of the way we spend our money decides yet another thing is unacceptable.
But I believe we can pressure them back too, and protect our legal rights to share and purchase things we like. This "cheat sheet" has been floating around for a while and we feel like its getting more and more relevant each day. It has useful contact information to get in touch with payment processors so you can voice your concerns and help protect the things we enjoy together. And with all of our voices I believe we can still change things for the better.
Anyway, jumping back to our basement - "Mona daily life with Slime" wont finish itself (｡> ‿ ◕｡)
Sorry for the bummer post, and see ya with new animation updates in just a few!
