This is a coward’s move and is going to lead to deaths as people’s livelihood is ripped out from under them, I hope everyone at your company is happy knowing that every person who dies from this is explicitly their fault.
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This isn't on them. They will literally die as a business if they fight this. This is squarely on the payment providers, MasterCard and PayPal, as well as the heinous prudish group that's pressuring them.
jul 24, 2025, 9:42 am • 15 0 • view
They’re going to die as a business now anyway, who’s going to want to work with a company that for any reason without warning will hide your work and withhold money they owe you?
jul 24, 2025, 9:46 am • 36 0 • view
This is literally done by external pressure. If we eradicate that pressure, the company is fine.
jul 24, 2025, 9:49 am • 11 0 • view
They could have at least warned creators in advance, so spare me the pathetic "UWU they're smol helpless beans" routine. Even if capitulation was the ONLY avenue (which I do not acknowledge) the WAY they did it was the most scumbag of them all.
jul 24, 2025, 6:42 pm • 0 0 • view
I'm seeing reports that there's a good chance that there was a warrant in place or similar, so they legally couldn't discuss it. Not confirmed, but again I don't think we should be castigating them until we know all the details.
jul 24, 2025, 8:43 pm • 0 0 • view
I don't think itch is going to be fine now regardless, changing policy like this is extremely fucking illegal in multiple countries, I very much doubt they're going to survive the wave of lawsuits coming.
jul 24, 2025, 10:57 am • 11 0 • view
Like, this isnt even "maybe they broke the law but it's unclear" This is blatant, cut and dry they broke the consumer protection laws in multiple countries, largely the European Union, which they cant afford to lose (especially now) given they are a large percentage of global revenue in games.
jul 24, 2025, 11:19 am • 5 0 • view
Very fair point! But we can leave that to the courts while we focus on the targets that we can force change out of: the payment providers and that disgusting action group
jul 24, 2025, 11:30 am • 1 0 • view
We can force change from Itch, as well. Primarily into paying their creators they illegally stole money that they're owed after banning them. Not even considering the fact that, yes, payment processors are powerful but trans people have already solved this problem. We buy DIY HRT without them.
jul 24, 2025, 11:32 am • 8 0 • view
Right, sure, but even if there are major payment providers out there that can accommodate their level of traffic (and I'm not sure if that is the case) then it will still take weeks to months of negotiations and implementation, they can't spin on a dime.
jul 24, 2025, 11:37 am • 2 0 • view
It's not a payment processor. Just the possible one sane and viable use of a cryptocurrency, as trans people use it for DIY HRT. The basic flow is you turn exactly as much as you need into (usually bitcoin), pay, and then when they receive it, it goes directly back to USD. It skips VISA/MC/ect.
jul 24, 2025, 11:43 am • 5 0 • view
It's how trans people for years have had to acquire HRT not through the "accepted channels" and payment processors will never stop accepting crypto, it's way too lucrative, but it skips them being able to tell you what you could pay for.
jul 24, 2025, 11:45 am • 4 0 • view
They're gonna die as a business as it is now.
jul 24, 2025, 2:35 pm • 11 0 • view