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[–] troxy 81 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Why just Mastercard. ALL payment services are doing this. Everything from payment gateways, card brands, digital wallets (You really think google and apple aren’t logging every detail of your purchases). Seems a bit silly to just call out Mastercard.

[–] subtext 35 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Per the article, it seems Visa has already stopped this practice. I think they’re calling out Mastercard as the other top player in the consumer credit card space (I doubt Amex has quite the market dominance Visa / MC do, especially overseas).

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They probably spawned a sub company who will take that over. No way in hell I believe they stopped this practice.

[–] troxy 1 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Ironically: "Enable JavaScript & cookies to continue" IA alternative link

[–] troxy 2 points 1 year ago

And just because Visa is shutting down Ad Solutions does not mean Visa is out of the data-slinging business, but Gerlt declined to provide details as to what that could look like going forward