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> That would only make sense for some of the games hosted here
Yeap, I'm talking about games that hosted here.

> and less security

Why is it less secure?! I don't get it. Torrent is being used in so many places as a secure & convenient way of sharing. For example. So many Linux distros have torrent mirrors.

> how would it make games more accessible?

1- It gives gamers more choices for downloading games.

2- So many people don't know about itch & its large collection of games. But those people r more familiar with torrent websites. When they could search & download games (hosted by itch), through torrent, It could help the itch to became more popular among gamers, Bcuz it acts as a smart advertisement for itch too.  (& also for game developers)

I think the monthly collection of newly added games to itch, as a torrent, could be the best choice. For example:

Itch.io-games-collection-september-2020.torrent

Itch.io-games-collection-october-2020.torrent

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That would only make sense for some of the games hosted here

Yeap, I’m talking about games that hosted here.

I believe (and they can correct me if I’m wrong) what No Time To Play meant was that torrent or FTP only made sense for a few of the games - as opposed to all of them.

I think the monthly collection of newly added games to itch, as a torrent, could be the best choice.

Not that I would have any interest in such a collection personally, but if I had, and I wanted to use something other than a collection on itch to see the entirety of a month’s releases… in an unfiltered list… regardless of genre, price, engine, state of development, etc. I would opt for rss as “the best choice”. You like torrents, and that is fine. But they would require users to install and use another bit of software that they don’t necessarily already know how to operate. An .rss file on the other hand could even be viewed with Firefox 3.0 and would be way more accessible.

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Why is it less secure?! I don't get it. Torrent is being used in so many places as a secure & convenient way of sharing. For example. So many Linux distros have torrent mirrors.

Linux distros are open source and don't ask for payment upfront. Most of the games here aren't like that. See also what Wechenbetelly said. But I meant FTP is insecure, not BitTorrent. You also asked about FTP.