„Their heart is in the right place” Vintage Story's itch.io payment delay issue is more common than you might think
Vintage Story's problems with itch have only drawn more attention to the broader issue. There are many more small creators who have dealt with this for months.
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Matt Buckley
August 26, 2025
itch.io forced to „deindex” NSFW games after pressure from payment processors
Following shortly after Steam's recent issues with payment processors, the indie game storefront itch.io has shared a statement regarding similar pressures.
video games
Matt Buckley
July 24, 2025
Apple Resists Ruling in Epic Case; New Verdict
Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers has rejected Apple's request that it hold off on introducing links and third-party payments in the App Store following the Epic Games ruling.
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Jacob Blazewicz
November 10, 2021
Amazon One Pays $10 For a Palm Scan
Amazon is trying to encourage customers to share a scan of their palm for its innovative Amazon One payment system. The US giant is offering $10 in shopping coupons for the biometric data.
Tech
Konrad Sarzynski
August 3, 2021
Mastercard and Uber Plan to Accept Bitcoin Payments
Mastercard will soon allow customers to pay in cryptocurrencies. The transportation company Uber may also make a similar decision.
Tech
Bart Swiatek
February 12, 2021
Amazon Tests the Option to Pay Using Your Palm
Amazon has started testing a new technology that will allow payments to be made via a hand scanner.
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Adrian Werner
October 5, 2020
Steam - Cheap Shopping Via VPN Will be More Difficult
Steam has changed the payment system. From now on, purchases must be finalized by the local payment method. The move may be part of the fight against buying cheaper games from other regions through VPN.
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Arkadiusz Strzala
July 30, 2020
Thanks to Google Assistant We Will Pay Using Our Voice
Google has recently been testing the ability to confirm purchases in restaurants and in app using the voice recognition function in its voice assistant.
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Mikolaj Laszkiewicz
May 26, 2020
Not Just Apple Card - Google Wants its Own Payment Card
Google is probably working on its own payment card, following the idea behind Apple Card. Visualizations of a new, physical form of payment have leaked into the web.
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Arkadiusz Strzala
April 20, 2020
Ubisoft is Considering Payments in Cryptocurrencies
According to the French portal Les Echos Ubisoft has been working on the implementation of blockchain technology in its games for some time now.
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Paul Wozniak
June 27, 2019
Server monetization introduced to DayZ
Since December 1st DayZ private servers owners can ask for an admission fee and accept donations from players. Bohemia Interactive is currently doing a test run of the monetization system to see how it works in their zombie-themed MMO.
video games
December 9, 2015