So, I am going to repost, in full, the body of a post I made when the payment processors did their thing:
Itch is not to blame, they are victims. This isn't the first time something like this has happened. Previously it happened to OnlyFans and Patreon. Both platforms capitulated to the demands of payment processors, because it was the correct decision. The demand wasn't "remove NSFW because we wont authorize transactions related to them anyways", it was "REMOVE NSFW CONTENT OR WE WILL REFUSE TO AUTHORIZE ANY TRANSACTIONS RELATED TO YOUR SERVICE." As you might guess, platforms like OF and Patreon aren't funded by good vibes and fairy dust, they need MONEY, and losing access to digital financial processes would be lethal to these platforms. Don't waste you time, energy, and attention blaming a group that had zero reasonable and viable alternatives to the action they have taken, direct your efforts to actions and activities that will fix this:
For the US users: https://action.aclu.org/petition/mastercard-sex-work-work-end-your-unjust-policy...
For the UK users: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/722903
Everyone else needs the support of the payment processors infinitely more than the payment processors need us. Unless we magically make a new payment service, or get relevant legislation passed into law, this will keep happening because no business is going to commit digital suicide for moral high ground, it would be pointless, wasteful, and self-defeating. Itch supported NSFW content before, they will re-extend support once their platform and ability to do the thing they exist to do is no longer threatened.
I get it. What happened really sucked, but Itch made the best choice. Because Itch avoided a fight they could not win, (a strategy so sound Sun Tzu wrote about it), we are able to see this post from Natetheman223 about their move to Steam.