How dare you act like their weren't other options. How dare you do this when you know it's part of a broader push used to chase queer community off the Internet completely. How dare you after years of acting creator-friendly.

I hope you roll this back. Or I hope you go under

itch.io/docs/general...

It’s a platform that enables anyone to sell the content they've created, *as long as our payment processors don't have ideological reasons against it.*

Doesn't have the same ring to it now, does it?

How the fuck can you say “not realistic to provide creators with advance notice before making this change” WHEN YOU ALSO SAID THE SITUATION STARTED IN *APRIL*

Not warning people was a choice you made yourselves and you burned years of good will in the process.

Instead of removing them, make the results say that payment processors threatened to remove your ability to get money if you don't remove it.
Cite the exact companies and include their complaint numbers/emails.
Put an info banner on the site linking to it too. Use your reach.

So, you’re embracing censorship and turning your back on the queer community? Fuck you. I used to love going to your site.

I’m not buying a damn thing from Itch until y’all bring the NSFW back.

Censorship is a civil-rights issue.

I get that the payment processors are forcing this, but the fact you kept it quiet, then went beyond just NSFW to ban anything with LGBTQ tags shows you arent just being forced to comply with visa, you are using this as an excuse to purge the platform of queer content. Fuck the itch leadership.

Strongly recommend EVERYONE reduce their Itch support to 0% until they reverse course.

Collective shout protects Pedophiles

tell devs they're going to get the money they're owed or fuck off bsky.app/profile/daff...

I will be leaving itch.io if this decision is not reversed. Itch needs to imitately make a statement that they were wrong, reinstate all game, and pay the creators what they are owed or I and as many other people as i can convince will leave the platform.
This used to be great. fix it.

13 of our titles have been shadowbanned despite containing no nsfw content and not being tagged as such.

They ARE tagged LGBT content.

Don't pretend this is only about nsfw works. Why are you censoring queer works?

Is anyone doing anything to save the massive amount of media from this wipe? The article does not make it clear what will be allowed to continue on the platform unlisted, what gets reinstated, and what is deleted forever. How can any dev feel safe now when on short notice their lively could vanish!

How long before "All developers" excludes anyone lgbtqia+? Or anyone in the furry community?
In the eyes of these bigots whats the difference between a porn game and one with a gay character? Whats to stop anyone with a big enough crowd from shutting down any culture they want?

You can search by date on YouTube, if it does exist you could try "Before:2020" or something