Like, maybe not because of censorship per se, but maybe for abusing their power as an oligopoly or going against the desire of their users?

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    The complaints against their existence go back more than a decade.

    But since money is speech, they’ve lobbied against all regulation against them or the creation of public alternatives

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    if people lost access to something they paid for on Steam or Itch, I would expect a class action lawsuit would be viable, but there would be legal arguments made by Visa and MasterCard that Steam and Itch should be the defendents.

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    The First Amendment is about government censorship. The Bill of Rights is more like a Bill of government restrictions.

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      So no private company can be held accountable for censorship? That’s pretty messed up.