Comment by krapp
2 months ago
>What could be a strong enough motivator to do such a bizarre thing?
Money. The only two motivators for a capitalist entity are making money and avoiding any government interference with making more money.
They certainly aren't doing it out of Christian principles.
> They certainly aren't doing it out of Christian principles.
Said Evangelicals unfortunately know how to raise a stink, and with stinks comes bad press or, even worse, haphazard attempts to regulate stuff. Or, under Trump, it might draw the ire of the Dear Leader himself and suddenly even a company like MC/Visa finds itself in hot water.
Either of these results is expensive, much more a cost risk than the profit of something like Itch is worth.