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Originally posted by FATPad
Not all of it's understandable to me. ;) The stuff I posted doesn't make sense.
Is MC trying to come up with a solution or are they just trying to stick it to everyone because they can (even if to some degree it was warranted and asked for)?
I'd rather see things get fixed, then a big penis contest between MC and the world of online porn, because MC's dick is a hell of a lot bigger.
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Well, the reason it makes sense to me is the following:
Mastercard, like any large corporation, is a bureaucracy. So, in a lot of ways, their sketchy enforcement of various rules kinda makes sense. They probably didn't get around to a lot of things until it became a huge problem.
Second: Look at checks, just as an example. A lot of people, both online and offline, don't bother with it anymore because the bounced checks became too much of a hassle --- regardless of the money you could make.
Mastercard doesn't need us, and they obviously came to the conclusion that it's not worth the hassle. So they're taking the hard line: Get in line or Get Out.
Look at all of the discussions on this board. There's maybe a handful of webmasters who have expressed any interest in cleaning up the industry's billing practices.
The overall attitude of the vast majority is "Fuck the consumer 'til the end."
Would you want to process for these guys?
I wouldn't. So I can understand it.