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Update (2024-04-05 10:14 JST): <\/strong>DLsite has announced<\/a> that payment via American Express will also be temporarily suspended on the platform, effective from April 4, 6:30 PM (JST). The only credit card payment option available now is the Japan-based JCB.

Eisys announced<\/a> that payment via Visa and Mastercard on their 2D adult content-dominated doujinshi and game platform DLsite<\/strong> will be temporarily suspended, effective from April 3rd<\/sup>, 6 PM (JST). This comes after DLsite\u2019s attempts to \u201cself-censor\u201d some of their adult content tags by hiding or rewording them in response to demands made by credit card companies.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One week ago, DLsite had notified its creators that they would be replacing or hiding certain expressions used on the platform in response to requests from credit card companies. DLsite decided to comply with the request as more than half of the transactions on their platform were being made by credit card. The decision was announced only to registered creators on the site, but soon gathered attention on social media due to the sarcastic nature of the implemented \u201ccensorship.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/mttb2ccp_pt2\/status\/1772466120290693434?s=20\u00a0\n<\/div>
Post translation: <\/strong>DLsite has finally come under pressure from credit card companies…But we can trust they won\u2019t be caving in easily, as offering these alternatives shows they\u2019re on our side. That said, the alternative phrases are so obvious (laughs).<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

DLsite attempted to bypass credit card companies\u2019 requirements by renaming genres such as \u201cloli\u201d to euphemisms such as \u201chiyoko\u201d (meaning \u201cchick\u201d in Japanese) or \u201crape\u201d to \u201cno consent.\u201d But as many users predicted at the time, this seems to have been an unacceptable response, as DLsite has now temporarily terminated payment via Visa and Mastercard, asking users to switch to alternatives such as American Express.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

DLsite is not the only Japanese platform to run into trouble with credit card companies due to hosting adult content, as similar instances can be seen with DMM, Fanza, Niconico and Skeb. The art commission service Skeb famously responded to such requests by introducing payment via their own crypto asset Skeb Coin back in June 2022. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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