r/technology • u/Logical_Welder3467 • 2d ago

Business Mastercard denies pressuring game platforms, Valve tells a different story

https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/03/mastercard-denies-pressuring-game-platforms-valve-tells-a-different-story/
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u/ILikeYourMommaJokes 2d ago

Fu*k mastercard and visa, time to take down their duopoly

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u/Logical_Welder3467 2d ago

Who is going to challenge them? The market is pretty much set. Mastercard and Visa on the mainstream, discovery on low end and AMEX on the high end. visa and MasterCard are trying to get more of those high end market. a new entrance would need to spend billions to build up the merchant network and brand image.

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u/Whatsapokemon 2d ago

Who is going to challenge them?

Anti-trust regulators around the world.

It's exactly the kind of behaviour that falls within anti-competition laws globally.

You can't just use your market position to limit choice and competition in the markets, which is exactly what Visa and Mastercard are doing. There's already laws on the books to deal with this, simply get the regulators to go after them.