>"Disgusted by Itchio"
Misplaced anger. Their only reprehensible action in this was not telling people first, acting second.
>Petitions.
The more people implore others to sign a worthless, laughably useless petition, the fewer people will actually be convinced to do anything that will actually matter. You're not helping. You're just muddying an already sullied pond.
> Misplaced Anger
Although I do think Itch isn't the main aggressor here, I do still think their actions were really horrible. It's threatening to many people's incomes and livelihoods, the action of delisting these games is a step too far, taken too quickly, with - as you said - no warning. Though, I do understand that my title targets my anger to the wrong place, regardless, and Itch themselves could be seen as a victim in this case as well.
> Petitions
I disagree with the idea that petitions are useless in this case; I believe showing public distress and dissent for the actions taken by Visa and Mastercard in this scenario is useful to helping show lawmakers what the people want. In this case, as I understand it, these actions were spurred on by the voices of an activist group. Showing the numbers of people who disagree with said group, and who disagree with these actions in general, is powerful. Further, higher numbers of signatures on these petitions can help news outlets and other groups, who are on our side, use these numbers to show more people where the majority lies in this case, if that makes sense. For example, the ACLU petition is nearly at 130,000 signatures. I'm sure you can imagine how this number will be useful for people writing articles about this, for example.
That being said, I do agree signing a petition is not the best thing to do in this scenario. Contacting lawmakers and representatives is a much better way to make action happen. I have edited my post to include some more advice for further action you can take to help fight this issue. I still wouldn't say the petitions are useless, but I do understand and agree that I should make it clear there is more that can be done to help.
Thanks for your comment; this post was quite hastily made, and I'm happy I could improve it to help further the fight against corporate censorship.
