I think there are some bigger reasons why they are not giving full information about what is happening. I think that if they tell the truth about how things really are, it will cause enormous and painful damage to the platform. That is why they are trying to avoid it or delay it as long as possible.
Looking ahead a little, if the essence of the complaint is the “objectification of women and sexualization of girls,” ( https://www.collectiveshout.org/about ) then this means that Collective Shout has a very poor understanding of how the world works. Why then are they not bothered by P*rnHub, Onlyfans, and a bunch of similar services that do this literally and with huge cash flows? There is a huge difference between the “objectification of women” in the p*rn industry and the “objectification of women” in games on itch.io or Steam. On itch.io, no one exploits real women to create content! And none of the game creators on itch.io force women to shake their asses and dance in low-cut tops on Instagram in order to lure them to their pages of “non-objectification of women.” I've never seen any links leading to itch.io or Steam.
With the same success, is buying a sex doll (hereinafter referred to as sex robots) supporting the “objectification of women”? And a plastic surgeon who gives a woman silicone breasts—is he also promoting the “objectification and sexualization of women”?
There are many similar examples, and I think you know and see what is happening in the world on this topic without me telling you. If Collective Shout really wants to solve this problem, then they started in the wrong place, which confirms their incompetence or that they are already in on it, and itch.io and Steam simply do not want to share.