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Itch made this decision overnight, no discussion, and has also not been paying out the devs involved, according to some of these devs. This is not "just the payment processors", Itch is complicit. They payment processors are the main problem, but itch is not a blameless victim.

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To add a bit of context - Itch.io previously had delayed payments without this whole thing going because of spam. This will just accelerate devs not being paid because they have to check which games can be allowed to pay in the first place. It's not so easy as "we will pay everyone until we figure out which games we can take down" as payment processing companies wanted immediate results. Steam didn't have discussions with the devs either, neither had DLSite nor platforms like Patronite when they were limiting what can be allowed on the platform.

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Shadowbans were the best option out of this. Either the entire site gets shut down or that genre of games become inaccessible. It's a lose-lose situation and they chose the best option. Your anger is better directed at Mastercard/Visa and CollectiveShout

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Theyve already started deleting some of the games on top of deindexing, and are telling the game devs they aren't going to be paid the money already recieved. Boycotting Itch is not only reasonable, its necessary to show them how bad they fucked up.

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And once again, Itch made ZERO EFFORT to discuss any of this with the community. They made their choice.