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Re:Stripe bans Trump campaign by grzm on Sunday January 10, 2021 @08:02PM (#25722761)
There are plenty of comments on HN in opposition to Visa and MasterCard stopping to work with Pornhub. Volume might not be the same, but that's hardly surprising.

- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25381920

- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25379213

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Re:Stripe bans Trump campaign by pmiller2 on Sunday January 10, 2021 @08:04PM (#25722778)
The volume is the point.
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Re:Stripe bans Trump campaign by Intermernet on Monday January 11, 2021 @04:06AM (#25726476)
The volume indicates the popularity of the opinion. You can debate the opinions as long as you do it civilly.
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Re:Stripe bans Trump campaign by pmiller2 on Monday January 11, 2021 @04:12AM (#25726517)
That's exactly my point. People are up in arms over Trump being booted off the platform, but not Pornhub. This is not consistent with arguing that Visa is a "utility."
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