[scelerat]

It's not that credit card companies have some kind of moral bone to pick, it is that the legal, logistical and political morass of dealing with the variety of state and national laws, definitions of porn, protections of children and non-consenting performers, etc. are such that it is not worth it for them to pursue.

Similar issues exist for, e.g., companies and sites selling legal THC and THC products.

[ball_of_lint]

That might be part of it, but I don't think it's the only or primary motivation. But we don't really get to know.

They can and have used this power to effectively censor legal content. I don't think this sort of power is something that a private entity should hold. Being able to refuse service is fine for a random restaurant when there's 10 other options available, much less so for a duopoly that provides a key facet of modern life.

[bdangubic]

exactly, they would not give two shits about what your business does if they got immunity from any prosecution