• sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    7 days ago

    They could easily accept crypto.

    No, they could not, not easily.

    The problem is paying devs and staff. You have to pay them with dollars or their native currency.

    … Yes. These are… the main reasons why this is not easy.

    You’re basically either running your own FOREX exhange, which is costly, complicated, expensive and intensive…

    Or you are holding a significant chunk of your operating budget in… one, many, all cryptos? Which is extremely financially risky…

    Or, you’re paying people directly in crypto, which ironically, probably a vast majority of people and entities that publish on Steam would quit the platform if that was mandated… kinda like how MC+Visa making a unilateral decision forced Steam to ban a bunch of games.

    You’re doing magical thinking.

    Stop that.