There aren't, because it will inevitably hit everyone, itch.io was just big enough to be noticed. It's better to try advocate for a change since nothing is safe if biggest gaming platform like Steam and known indie store like Itch can just be smacked like that and forced to change their policies completely or they won't earn money at all.
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advocate for change and drag Itch along with the people launching the attack.
There was 0 reason for them to try and stealthily do what they did, they chose the method that would take the longest but also, hopefully, not be noticed... They only respsonded and gave us a blog post when we noticed.
Then they hid behind "were small uwu" like that holds weight [it shouldn't if you're smart]
Only NOW are they trying to court new payment processors after shit hit the fan and they pissed off the people they allegedly championed... But yknow, aren't