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For an example of how itch.ai could have acted, check out this shitty ai chatbot site: https://janitorai.com/

They got hit by some some impossible-to-implement requirements by UK’s online safety act. What did they do? The said, okay, were not going to comply, and instead choose to loose UK access, (England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland). And they also put a GIANT BANNER at the top of their site, to inform their users.

Here is how janitorai.com informed their users: https://blog.janitorai.com/posts/3/

Here is how itch.io informed their users: https://itch.io/updates/update-on-nsfw-content

Notice the differences in language. One is a radical protest, the other meek compliance.

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Melliel41 days ago (1 edit) (+3)

That's an AI chatbot protesting against a law. We're talking about a platform for indie developers to sell their games on potentially losing its payment providers.

Itch can't not comply without destroying itself in the process.

I get that the decision was abrupt and that it's frustrating there was no communication on the change, but I don't think it's worth people's time to mull over the way it happened, especially when you don't know the exact situation they were dealing with.

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somethingSomethingYes41 days ago(+2)

This is probably my biggest issue. I understand the reasoning behind the final conclusion, but to offer NO resistance? Attempting to quickly and quietly remove everything and hope it all blows over? And whatever the fuck that salute emoji was supposed to mean? It's spineless. It's reprehensible. When someone shows you who they are, believe them.

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Melliel41 days ago

I don't know if there's anything meaningful I can say to this beyond what I've already said.

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