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And the easy retort to that is that they don’t apply Chinese censorship globally. Only in China. Regional laws only apply regionally.
Have you seen the NBA? China can apply its censorship globally lol
They have regional pricing already, regional content bans should be easy enough.
The problem here being these payment processors are global and none of this is illegal in the jurisdictions affected. This regional blocking, while nice, shouldn't even need to be a "solution" to this. It's a sledgehammer "solution" to something that was never enough of an issue for actual legislation.
Edit: clarify point
Right, my point is that Visa shouldn't care if an American is buying something that's illegal in China, if the product is not allowed for sale in China.