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I think it’s important to remember itch is a platform where they give the option to devs to give itch as low as a 0% cut of revenue. This isn’t greed. This is payment processors trying to decimate the livelihoods of artists. There’s no alternative to itch if it goes under.

Itch is far from perfect, and this is extremely disappointing to say the least, but it’s not like there’s another better or more ethical platform to go to if it’s gone. That’s what makes this kind of catastrophic for nsfw artists and devs—there’s not many more havens left.

I’m hoping they are able to eventually find a way to restore all of the delisted and banned nsfw works as soon as possible (and that they’re motivated to do so). If there were another platform for everyone to feasibly move to I would advocate for it, but this is creating a bit of a vacuum.

Related: I wonder if there will be a schism in the community. If you stay on itch, you’re bad. Not extreme enough… and will get the fuck you treatment from some quarters. First substack, then drive thru, now itch I’m lost dude

I kind of doubt it just because there is no alternative really. I am seeing some posts that indicate some people expect everyone to move off of itch and boycott it over this but like…and go where?