alessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 4 个月前Steam Deck sells out in North America within 24 hours of price hikearstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square44linkfedilinkarrow-up1211arrow-down15
arrow-up1206arrow-down1external-linkSteam Deck sells out in North America within 24 hours of price hikearstechnica.comalessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 4 个月前message-square44linkfedilink
minus-squareMuffi@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down5·4 个月前I am 100% sure they are being used to launder crypto. You can set up a crypto card as your payment on steam, buy Steam Decks and then sell them easily for your preferred fiat currency.
minus-squareRooster326@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·4 个月前Why not just buy drugs?
minus-squarevagrancyand@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 个月前The point of laundering is to make money appear legally obtained at a glance. While most crypto winners are coke fiends, not all are, so if they want money for reasons other than drugs they need that money converted into real money.
minus-squareSaltySalamander@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down6·4 个月前This is some of the dumbest shit I’ve ever read on here.
minus-squareGamma@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·edit-24 个月前People are really obsessed that something nefarious is going on with steam hardware purchases, but I’ve never seen any evidence. Just wild speculation
minus-squareMuffi@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down8·4 个月前Haha, sounds like you might be overestimating your own intelligence (classic Lemmy syndrome, don’t worry about it)
I am 100% sure they are being used to launder crypto.
You can set up a crypto card as your payment on steam, buy Steam Decks and then sell them easily for your preferred fiat currency.
Why not just buy drugs?
The point of laundering is to make money appear legally obtained at a glance. While most crypto winners are coke fiends, not all are, so if they want money for reasons other than drugs they need that money converted into real money.
This is some of the dumbest shit I’ve ever read on here.
People are really obsessed that something nefarious is going on with steam hardware purchases, but I’ve never seen any evidence. Just wild speculation
Haha, sounds like you might be overestimating your own intelligence (classic Lemmy syndrome, don’t worry about it)
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The irony