Will they be contacting us about each and every item that's been removed? Also hoping the refunds are coming from itch.io and not being charged back to the artists, since this is itch.io's choice.
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With respect, someone needs to give us information.
If refunds are being charged to the creators, you've got a lot of people who made sales in good faith on games that were allowed on the platform. By refunding transactions historically, that means a lot of people may be about to get fucked with a massive refund or chargeback. It's all well and good just saying we need to wait, but in this case there's a potential massive financial hit people might be about to take because of some nutjobs in Australia and a lack of transparency here.
"If you've collected money while in violation of terms, we may be forced to refund or freeze all pending transactions, as accounts that are in violation of our terms are not eligible for payouts."
I waited for an answer and the TOS gave one, it doesn't seem like there's going to be any good faith action on itch's part. It's basically running open-armed towards 1930s censorship and inviting a bunch of possible legal consequences from artists. I had a 2 year old pixel game from my library made so it can't be downloaded and no contact was made to let me download it beforehand or explain its removal. It looks like a cash grab before the site is shuttered since they've thrown away all trust. The new terms of service basically say that itch can steal from artists for "violating" extremely vague and arbitrary guidelines. Not just for the one listing, but all revenue across their whole account. Freeze really means seize.