On the Error messages for DLsite products

[Jelly-filled Donut]

This is news for those who don't know, or confirmation for you who already knew / noticed. But basically:

Your computer is working perfectly fine, and so is your gut feeling. The reason why you can't view some DLsite products, is because DLsite is actively blocking your access to some products.

The reason why:
DLsite got fed up with the woke cultist (mainly visa and mastercard) causing trouble with their business, even after the lengths they go to "hide" their business from the mainstream public eyes in the West. Hence, they made a policy to just block several products that the West find "problematic" from ALL countries, outside of Japan. This policy had been effective for months now (at least, according to my knowledge).

You'll need a VPN connected to the Japanese server, just to see them. Let alone purchase them. If you have someone to blame, go blame the Western woke cultists (Visa and Mastercard, to be exact). They've all made our lives that much harder, for just a bunch of pixels on the internet.

They've exported their own problem to the rest of the world, and made it everyone's problem. Classic USA.

Until the US citizens figured out how to do something against the woke cultists (Visa, Mastercard, Patreon, etc.), use your VPN to connect to Japanese server, and buy DLsite tokens.

https://www.dlsite.com/comic/mypage/user/buy/point

 

[goshujin]

Mastercard is allegedly pressured by a conservative Christian group to remove service for porn sites. So it is "woke", but "woke" in the other direction.
see

https://www.reddit.com/r/Asmongold/comments/1bw6px0

 

[Jelly-filled Donut]

Mastercard is allegedly pressured by a conservative Christian group to remove service for porn sites. So it is "woke", but "woke" in the other direction.
see

https://www.reddit.com/r/Asmongold/comments/1bw6px0

Oh? Fancy seeing Zack here. I don't agree with all his takes, but he's a generally respectable and chill dude. You're from the States? It seems there has been a slight misunderstanding. Especially on the differences of our definition of the term "woke".

In the US, it may refer to just the leftist rabid SJWs. As far as the world is concerned, however, the term "woke" refers to all Western rabid extremists who practice moral policing in general (regardless of their political alignment). Particularly those within Core Anglosphere and Western Europe (especially those from US, Canada, Australia, UK, France, German, etc.)

It's not just the US, even though they're indeed the ones who lit the fuse and spread the disease all over the Western world (just like Covid). Hence why I refer to them as "Western" woke cultists, not "Leftist" woke cultists. In our eyes, we kinda generalize them all as the same rabid dogs that escaped from the animal control center.

In the past, they've "largely" kept these BS censorships within their own borders, which made them "somewhat" tolerable. This time however, they're weirdly hellbent on exporting their moral policing all over the world. Hence, my furious rant.

Fortunately, I switched to JCB a long time ago when Patreon began on being complicit with this BS. Nevertheless, their BS has now made using VPN a necessity instead of an option. I really don't wanna live in Japan. Japan is a great place for tourism, not to live nor work in.

 

[goshujin]

Oh? Fancy seeing Zack here. I don't agree with all his takes, but he's a generally respectable and chill dude. You're from the States? It seems there has been a slight misunderstanding. Especially on the differences of our definition of the term "woke".

In the US, it may refer to just the leftist rabid SJWs. As far as the world is concerned, however, the term "woke" refers to all Western rabid extremists who practice moral policing in general (regardless of their political alignment). Particularly those within Core Anglosphere and Western Europe (especially those from US, Canada, Australia, UK, France, German, etc.)

It's not just the US, even though they're indeed the ones who lit the fuse and spread the disease all over the Western world (just like Covid). Hence why I refer to them as "Western" woke cultists, not "Leftist" woke cultists. In our eyes, we kinda generalize them all as the same rabid dogs that escaped from the animal control center.

In the past, they've "largely" kept these BS censorships within their own borders, which made them "somewhat" tolerable. This time however, they're weirdly hellbent on exporting their moral policing all over the world. Hence, my furious rant.

Fortunately, I switched to JCB a long time ago when Patreon began on being complicit with this BS. Nevertheless, their BS has now made using VPN a necessity instead of an option. I really don't wanna live in Japan. Japan is a great place for tourism, not to live nor work in.

Agreed

How do you get a JCB card not in Japan?

 

[hogaylo]

is this also related to AI content or is that a seperate issue? i know FANZA/DMM is blocked in my region as well though VPN works around it no problem. i really hope to see the end of this woke nonsense. it just gets more ridiculous and feels like a 1% issue that gets exaggerated because of their unnecessary behaviors. why can't these wokes complain about the real issues like censorship bars in adult content

 

[Jelly-filled Donut]

How do you get a JCB card not in Japan?

JCB has several international branches. In my case, however, I made one when I lived in Japan.

 

[Jelly-filled Donut]

is this also related to AI content or is that a seperate issue? i know FANZA/DMM is blocked in my region as well though VPN works around it no problem

Fanza doesn't service anyone outside of Japan, they're Japan-exclusive. This is mainly because they mainly deal in physical objects that needs to be shipped, and they don't wanna deal with the hassle of international shipping. So they just do a sweeping block on anyone outside of Japan.

For DLsite, full AI works and traditional arts are separated into their own specialized section, because of the international backlash against AI art. Fanza doesn't separate them and just sell them normally. Because of this fiasco, now even DLsite got fed up.

It just gets more ridiculous and feels like a 1% issue that gets exaggerated because of their unnecessary behaviors. why can't these wokes complain about the real issues like censorship bars in adult content

Censorship in Japan is based on a very outdated law that is installed by the US post-WW2 (once again, it's US). Japan being Japan, never got around to update it (even though I can testify that nearly everyone in Japan hated it, except the Japanese moral police prudes).

Censorship is inherently subjective, thus is prone to moral policing and arbitrary rules. It does no one any good because it simply hids the truth, instead of educating the masses. Those whom are uneducated are simply unprepared to handle whatever life throws at them. Hence why censorship makes people weaker, while knowledge is power.

 

[xvis]

This year fanza put an ip restriction on the c3001.dmm.co.jp URL. Usually, many sites use this site to preview videos directly.

DLsite is ok, they only seem to block some ai related stuff. I've seen related work in the forums earlier. Clicking on that link won't take you to the front page. You can see it under Japanese IP addresses.

I recently came across an official anime site that also has restrictions.

It seems to be a basic trend to block overseas.

What's strange is that getchu.com still supports it.

It works with the usual Chinese alipay.

 

[Jelly-filled Donut]

It seems to be a basic trend to block overseas.

Most understandably deal in exclusively domestic Japan market, because international shipping is a hassle or they don't have the capital to expand the business. Some creators are also resistant towards digital copies, hence the existence of some sites like Mandarake or Suruga-ya, which specializes in physical only.

The ones that I know actively blocked overseas access are Fanza (full block) and Dlsite (partial).

DLsite is ok, they only seem to block some ai related stuff. I've seen related work in the forums earlier. Clicking on that link won't take you to the front page. You can see it under Japanese IP addresses.

Fanza deals with physical adult goods and Japanese AVs (it's evident as they don't bother to provide foreign language option to navigate their site). DLsite is almost exclusively digital, hence why they dabble in international market too, until the Western woke cultists came and ruin the fun for everyone. DLsite is not amused, so now they just make a near-total sweeping ban on contents that the West considers "problematic".

One thing that I loathe about Japan is how they often group the rest of the world together as 海外（overseas）which is a huge over-generalization. Because of the the Western woke cultists, the rest of the world had to suffer the consequences too.

What's strange is that getchu.com still supports it. It works with the usual Chinese alipay.

It's not suprising. Getchu deals with international shipping.

 

[Coffee Addict]

This is news for those who don't know, or confirmation for you who already knew / noticed. But basically:

Your computer is working perfectly fine, and so is your gut feeling. The reason why you can't view some DLsite products, is because DLsite is actively blocking your access to some products.

The reason why:
DLsite got fed up with the woke cultist (mainly visa and mastercard) causing trouble with their business, even after the lengths they go to "hide" their business from the mainstream public eyes in the West. Hence, they made a policy to just block several products that the West find "problematic" from ALL countries, outside of Japan. This policy had been effective for months now (at least, according to my knowledge).

You'll need a VPN connected to the Japanese server, just to see them. Let alone purchase them. If you have someone to blame, go blame the Western woke cultists (Visa and Mastercard, to be exact). They've all made our lives that much harder, for just a bunch of pixels on the internet.

They've exported their own problem to the rest of the world, and made it everyone's problem. Classic USA.

Until the US citizens figured out how to do something against the woke cultists (Visa, Mastercard, Patreon, etc.), use your VPN to connect to Japanese server, and buy DLsite tokens.

https://www.dlsite.com/comic/mypage/user/buy/point

I hope all this situations leads to a more crypto-currency friendly ecosystem in places like DLSite, I see it's already possible to buy DLSite points using cryptos but still seems way to complicated for the average user in comparison to just entering some card data.

Something I like about problems, is that problems exist to be solved, if Visa creates a Visa problem the the solution will be something that's not Visa.

 

[Jelly-filled Donut]

I hope all this situations leads to a more crypto-currency friendly ecosystem in places like DLSite (redacted)

It'd be an uphill battle convincing the general public to use cyptocurrency as a payment method. Too many scammers exploit people's ignorance on its mechanism. Crypto is useful, but as of now, nearly all goodwill against it had largely evaporated.

If you want to help restore its image, please help inform the public on what crypto CAN and CANNOT do, or what it CAN and CAN'T serve as. It's kinda like teaching your grandma how to use a computer. With lots and lots of time and patience.

 

[hogaylo]

One thing that I loathe about Japan is how they often group the rest of the world together as 海外（overseas）which is a huge over-generalization. Because of the the Western woke cultists, the rest of the world had to suffer the consequences too.

Feels like karma how the US nuked Japan in WWII, and then Japan's approach against the Western woke culture is going nuclear right back at the West. It's the bad faith that causes problems, no matter the culture. Just like how the streamers/tourists seem to do what they want in Japan, I can see how Japan is really on the edge with all these "complaints" they've gotten. Once these people get made an example of, I think many countries in the East will follow suit on the first to hammer down and start collectively issuing consequences towards Western audiences/markets. I'm pretty certain that Japan wouldn't mind if they lost their Western market/audiences because they have an easier time handling domestically than with foreign markets. I certainly hope that isn't the case and with US tariffs making it hard for everyone, it's something to be wary of in the future.

Something I like about problems, is that problems exist to be solved, if Visa creates a Visa problem the the solution will be something that's not Visa.

I remember reading how MasterCard and Visa own most of the payment systems, and since many people use them, it's really hard to break off. The funniest fundamental principle in Finance is "to diversify and not put all in one basket", yet in this case it seems to be a clear hypocrisy. Mafia tactics easily will be used because there are no other competitors to go against them or the competitors are often in collusion with one another to benefit together against the common mass.

 

[Jelly-filled Donut]

(redacted)

And this issue couldn't come at a worse timing. Japan is already going alt-right for decades, but these past few years had been particularly bad. The stunted economic growth, aging population, and societal apathy plays a huge role in raising negative sentiments against foreigners. It's only exacerbated by ruckus caused by a few undisciplined US soldiers (in Okinawa), illegal immigrants, and nuisance streamers. Now you've got Western woke cultists harassing Japanese artists and insulting their culture, to top the pile.

The alt-right faction in Japan is steadily gaining traction. Not to mention they are brainwashing the few remaining Japanese youths into jingoism. If you wanna know more about it, go google "Nippon Kaigi". Unlike in the States, actual fascism is rapidly brewing in Japan.