(Stupid solution that may not work)
I think all adult games that are paid should be ran through Patreon, all free adult games should be hosted on a different website that isn't banned yet... what are they gonna do, shut them down because people are "paying" for free files???
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yeah, but what if we had a website that treated it like a "library" not a "gamestore"
this library would have file links to google drive files that are shared by developers, and on the actual page, just show images of the game.
for paid content, however, I don't really have much to say there, you might as well just upload it to the dark web lol
Patreon was struck in previous year by Mastercard. It forced all creators to sign documents about being 18+ and all works on their page to be consensual. Yes, it is "light" struck compared to what Visa do now, but I am almost sure Patreon will fall soon too. As a developer I absolutely dont like Patreon, but there is no good alternatives. Subscribestar support dont answer me for several year and dont approve my account. And even if they do, they will fall the same as Itch.
SubscribeStar is a fascist website.
SubscribeStar Website Lets Extremists Profit From Hate
SubscribeStar is listed on Wikipedia's Alt Tech page
Or you can just look for yourself. Find your favourite racist YouTuber you've never heard of.
Many people are fashjacketing Itch for its current actions. I think that's going too far, but. But moving to SubscribeStar demonstrably is fascist. There are several instances on social media such as BlueSky of SubscribeStar users calling others fascists, and its farcical. It makes me go insane. It's Godwin's Law shit, its a hypocrisy you'd think people who larp as antifascists would care about. Never use SubscribeStar.
Purity Spiralling at a time like this with the future so uncertain doesn’t strike me as the brightest thing to do. Wouldn’t a better thing to do would be to try to ensure such a site is less fascist over time, rather than going “ALL THE ALTERNATIVES ARE FASCIST SO JUST GIVE UP”? Posts like this are kind of horrible. Not even any other alternatives suggested, but just complaining about fascism at a time when action is needed.
Ofcourse you're "not reading all that"... Because I made points you dislike...
By the way, blind accusations aren't helping. And official legal source said there are no such Epstein Files. Means it's more or less a conspiracy theory. I cite:
The United States Justice Department (DOJ) released a memo on July 7, 2025 which claimed the list did not exist and "no credible evidence [was] found that Epstein blackmailed prominent individuals as part of his actions. We did not uncover evidence that could predicate an investigation against uncharged third parties."
Not just some political party, no matter which side, but the DOJ itself stated this. And this seems to be the reason why Trump can't release those files. He promised it, because the people asked for them. But after he found out there is nothing, he can't release something. The official DOJ statement makes this clear.
And I wouldn't say that claims of some angry Elon Musk or conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, who brought up claims about them, are very reliable.
I give more weight / credibility to officials of the law aka DOJ.
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I even found details that show a completely different side of Trump. Showing he despised Epstein after finding out about what Epstein had done. Here:
In June 2007, Epstein was indicted for sex crimes.
In October 2007, Trump revoked Epstein's membership at Mar-a-Lago. According to the 2016 book Filthy Rich, the teen daughter of a Mar-a-Lago member told her father that "while relaxing at Mar-a-Lago, she'd been approached and invited out to Epstein's house. The girl said that she had gone and that Epstein had tried to get her to undress. The girl's father had gone directly to Trump, who—in no uncertain terms—told Epstein that he was barred from Mar-a-Lago."
And to give another example, Bill Cosby and all his many contacts he had in the past with tons of people and lots of fame, people didn't knew his dark side until facts came to light about him. And after this, people showed him the cold shoulder.
Just because many people had contact with some dude beforehand, this doesn't mean they knew about evil stuff or agreed to this, or, even worse, were part in it! And this cited happening where Trump clearly acted in favor of the victim and banned Epstein, after finding out, looks more like he was against what happened there...
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Another point to look at, which clearly invalidates Elon Musk's claim about Trump:
Former Trump senior advisor Elon Musk, newly feuding with Trump, tweeted on June 5, 2025 claiming that Trump's name was in the Epstein files and that this "is the real reason they have not been made public". Musk deleted the post two days later. On June 11, he posted: "I regret some of my posts about President Donald Trump last week. They went too far."
So much about this "Trump is on the Epstein list!" BS... No, he isn't! There is no such list and Musk just talked trash while being in anger about Trump and later pulled this claim and said sorry because it was untrue!
Stop making up things without proof! Smearing somebody's reputation this badly by labeling somebody something awful, can in fact even lead into a huge lawsuit and punishment. Spreading unproven claims without proof, that harm somebody else's reputation, can in fact have bad consequences for the accusator.
if the list “doesn’t exist” what was Congress voting on to release? Why did it both “not exist” and was “created by Obama?” Why did the DOJ inform Trump in June his name was in the files, and why did this administration make a point to release the “first part” of the files to influencers earlier this year, with promises of more? Hell, if you trust the DOJ so much, why did the fire the head prosecutor on the Epstein case and grant Maxwell partial immunity? Appealing to authority here doesn’t help when we’re talking about holding authority accountable.
By the way, one of Trump’s current private planes was previously owned by Epstein lol. His Gulfstream G550. Imagine being comfortable riding that.
I cited an official statement coming from DOJ. It doesn't add up that the DOJ wants to release something, that is labeled as nonexistant by the DOJ...
"Hell, if you trust the DOJ so much, why did the fire the head prosecutor on the Epstein case and grant Maxwell partial immunity?"
That's a question only those who did can answer you. But webbing conspiracy theories isn't helping anyone.
Btw. are you serious about this airplane point? You think a vehicle can't change owner and become somebody elses property, if it was property of some different, awful person beforehand? Are you for real? A vehicle has absolutely nothing to do with some individual! It's just a vehicle! A tool, to move around! I would be absolutely comfortable with it, if it's my property. It would be different, if it was Epstein's property. But it isn't. Why should it be a problem to buy and use an airplane? Do you burn your favorite songs music records or BluRay movies, after some artist is exposed as bad guy? Sorry but that's just riddiculous nonsense...
And have you missed the point where Trump banned Epstein after a victim spoke out and made Trump aware about what Epstein did? He didn't excuse this or defended Epstein. No, he banned Epstein and spoke out against him. He canceled his friendship with Epstein.
And besides all of this, lets just play your game and assume that this list does exist. So, if Epstein wrote names somewhere, does it mean that those people he wrote down were clients for rape scenarios? You think that's actual real evidence aka proof for anything? A name list? It just shows he wrote down people's names. Victims speaking out and giving clear and specific details of what happened are another story. Or video recordings aka real evidence. But a name list? So if somebody awful writes down your name somewhere for example, does this mean you're a bad person then? Does this prove some connection with you or things you have done? Is it actual proof for you being guilty of something? No, it isn't... Real evidence is another thing, as I said before. And if there is evidence, it should be used to jail offenders. But that's the point. Only actual real evidence counts.
People Are Leading the Right Path Itch Has Been a Breakdown And it’s Sad Seeing It in This State Where NSFW Creators Made This Site famous but then it’s struck down like lighting and punished the NSFW Creators Who Made the Website Good Itch.io Did something that I cannot believe why they did this to the people who made people like this site. seeing it burns all down makes me feel just not happy of what they did. :(