Some time ago VISA, Mastercard and PayPal, as well as some intermediaries, received a huge backlash because they abused their power to censor online digital distribution platforms of video games. There was, unsurprisingly, a huge controversy, and their helplines were absolutely flooded by furious people.
Yet, rather than backing down and ending this censorious abuse of power... they are still continuing it! Nothing has changed! They are still demanding those platforms to censor games, regardless of all the backlash. I suppose they are just playing the long game and waiting for the storm to pass, waiting until people stop caring.
But the question still remains: Why?
What exactly do they have to gain with this? What's the end goal? They have got a huge loss of reputation due to their actions. What's the upside that compensates for that? What is it that they are trying to achieve? How does it benefit them so much that it's worth the loss of reputation? What's the long term goal, the long term gain? Just... why?
I honestly don't get it.
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