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I  do not agree with you whatsoever.

To begin with, "adult" content is anything and everything that children should not see. "NSFW" means anything that you would not play while you're in an office. This does not only incorporate porn, especially not with how damnably vague Itch's terms are. And how they are removing  ("delisting" or "shadowbanning" as they put it) games (including free games) that have controversial content of any sort. Yeah, supposedly, this is for an "audit" or "review."

BUT! Collective Shout has gone after "Detroit: Become Human," which is an AAA+ game that includes adult content. They went after it, despite the fact that it does not glorify the situations that children and women characters are put in.

Not to mention that games that have LGBTIAQ++ devs or characters are being impacted.

I know I'm going to get backlash for this, but fuck "wholesome" games (and seriously fuck children's games for that matter)  if you think removing adult material is the way to go.  Itch is not meant for strictly "family-friendly" games.

Weird games, horror games, romance games, games with anything and everything that could be considered "controversial" if you tilt your head and squint really hard are not safe right now.

For the average indie dev who is trying to create a game that isn't aimed at children, or does not incorporate the delicate sensibilities of a Victorian nun, we are going to be silenced and stifled by the censorship. 

The problem is that you treat "horror" and "explicit content" as mutually exclusive things or different genres.

Was the tv series "Spartacus: Blood and sand" a bad series because of the sex scenes?