Since it's mostly the Search that has been disrupted on Itch, I collected all the links I had to pages that haven't been deleted, and save them to this collection: https://itch.io/c/6089350/find-all-the-avns-i-could-save-links-to
Save this link, share it, let me know if you have more. This will make sure people can still find our favorite stuff.
Thank you so much for this link <3 It's disgusting that ITCH.IO has just wiped and/or blocked hundreds of games and years' worth of work from their platform with zero notice! Im an adult, im happy to prove im an adult, im able to differentiate between what is reality and not and what is legal in the real world and not!! I don't need to be censored, and I don't need games that i enjoy taken away from me!! I won't be giving Itch.io another penny and am now switching to other platforms instead!
It's not really Itch's doing, and it's not about being an adult or not. They are under pressure from payment processors who have decided to start controlling censorship against pornographic material. This was because some bullshit conservative group in Australia got enough signatures to squeeze their balls. Steam and Itch caved to protect the rest of the creators.
But ultimately, whether it's Itch's doing or not. At the very least, reasonable notice should have been given, not a secret overnight cull!! I can still search adult content on Steam, I just made sure that my profile was set to Adult, and it's fine!! Why couldnt Itch do that also? Itch will now become a wasteland, now it's not selling adult content games. I very much feel bad for the content creators most! The fact that some small feminist group with anti gay, LGBTQ+ and anti porn leanings has been allowed to have this much reach blows my mind tbh!
Well, for now, most of the content is there. And my list is growing as I find more of the links. Only the search has been affected. And the only content removed so far is stuff that lists incest or rape as a tag. Everything else is still there. Just spread my link around, and I'll keep adding stuff. I want every creator to still have a chance on Itch for as long as possible.
