Stop using unsupported download sites
Here are Itchio's compatibility guides:
https://itch.io/docs/itch/integrating/updates.html
https://itch.io/docs/itch/integrating/compatibility-policy.html
Please use a supported method, so updates can be downloaded directly through the app.
So, that makes a success rate of 50% in our highly representative sample size of 2 people. Amazing.
If I count in all the people I've seen specifically asking for Mega because Itch downloads are unreliable, and compare it to the zero people who have any issues with Mega downloads aside from being too lazy to leave their app, that percentage drops even further below an acceptable level of reliability.
Get a browser. It's a basic component of any half-decent computer system.
Try clicking "My Feed". Then set a bookmark. All updates, new games, and postings from creators you follow are listed there. You can even filter them by type.
And it's perfectly accessible. What you want is the opposite of accessibility, to turn your brain off at the cost of other people's access to reliable downloads.
You clearly don't know me. I'm autistic, and ADHD. I literally CAN'T turn my brain off. What I want is organization, without additional distractions, etc.
I want usability. I want it to be user friendly.
And for the record, making an app more compatible does not make it less accessible. Nor does it mean less reliable downloads. It literally means the opposite. It means the app works smoothly with Itchio on all fronts. What YOU want is for it to be better for YOU.
I'm asking for compatibility for EVERYONE.
As a high-functioning autist, I am not impressed by your attempt to leverage your condition for sympathy.
Here's the facts: Itch downloads are unreliabe. Mega downloads are reliable. Switching from Mega to Itch locks people out of content, or makes it much harder to procure.
I want everyone to have access, even if they might have to do an extra click or two. You want to reduce your workload at the cost of other people's access.
Stop acting like you care about accessibility or compatibility. You are just being lazy and selfish.
Nobody can literally turn off their brain, that was purely metaphorical.
Everyone is constantly thinking about something, whether it's fast or slow, simple or complex, verbalized or instinctual, purposeful or drifting. That's just the human experience. Even the guys who like to say they "think about nothing" when asked are constantly having some sort of thought process.
That's why people seek entertainment, to direct a never-ending stream of thoughts to pleasant topics, and why just 15 minutes of sensory deprivation can be so painful that a significant number of people would choose to electroshock themselves for fun. Yep, that was a real study.
It's completely normal and natural to be unable to turn off your brain.
Oh, and to discuss "facts":
I want to start by admitting say that I do not know whether the compatibility issues are the fault of the game devs, or the fault of the itch devs. That's why I offered the game devs the resources to make sure things were done correctly on THEIR end. Issues cannot be fixed if don't know for certain WHERE the issue is. If the game devs have checked and double-checked that they have done everything THEY can to make their apps compatible, then we can say for certain that the issue lies with the itch devs, and can then properly get support for those issues, through the right channels.
Either way, users shouldn't just... expect such issues. Why is everyone so resigned to the idea of using a CLEARLY broken system?
Itch.io is a game library. The WHOLE point of a game library is to have an accessible collection of games. A bunch of games, all in one place. If a game library requires people to go to OTHER sites to access and/or manage the apps shown in THEIR store, then it fails its entire purpose as a game library. Similarly, if a game dev uploads their game to a game library in such a way that it requires users to download their game from a site other than the game library to which they are posting, then they don't want a game library, they want a game blog.
Could, should, would... and if the moon was made of cheese, we could have a stellar fondue. None of that is a fact!
Hypothetical: Itch COULD get their download function in order.
Fact: It IS NOT in order.
Hypothetical: If it WERE fixed, using it WOULD be viable.
Fact: Relying on itch downloads IS NOT viable.
Conclusion: IF and WHEN Itch gets off their butts and improves their downloads, and NOT ONE SECOND EARLIER, you can POLITELY SUGGEST a switch to using it.
So, why don't you go and pester the itch team to improve their broken app and site rather than spamming pointless replies that only serve to display your ignorance?
(Sorry, one last thing I have to say.)
If that is the case, then reach out to support and work to get it fixed.
Or don't publish to Itchio, if Itchio is a hostile hosting platform.
There ARE other options. GameJolt. Steam. Patreon...
MY point was, if you are going to publish to a site, then you should do your best to make it compatible to that site. Otherwise, why use the site at all?
For the record, I don't understand why everyone is getting mad at me for suggesting they actually USE the service they are posting to. Isn't that how game sites are SUPPOSED to work?
Itch is a game platform, like Steam, GOG, or Epic Games. If you can't download apps directly through the service, then it is failing to do the main thing it is supposed to do. You realize you don't have to use the service at all, if it can't even do the thing it is supposed to be able to do. It's NOT normal to be so casual about jumping through hoops to use a service, when a critical component of the service doesn't work! It's not like there are no other sites offering the same service.
So, why is everyone pretending that it is ok to have to use incompatible workarounds to avoid issues with Itch, when for pretty much ANY other game site, they would be telling people to go to support to get the issues resolved so that they don't HAVE to use incompatible workarounds?
Seriously, for ANY other service, they would refuse to use the service AT ALL until the issues are resolved. But for some reason, people on Itch seem to get angry at the mere THOUGHT of getting support and getting issues resolved.
Welp, the Op in multiple posts on just as many pages suggests there will not be a tomorrow on itch.io. More doomsday peddlers here wringing their hands in despair. Is this post another troll attempt to excite the posters of this board?
Soooo, I just downloaded 2 games with no issues from itch.io linked to mega. I suppose my garbage collector would be more interesting than this Op for advice.
It's about the fact that the whole point of sites like itch is to be an accessible collection of apps. And if there are issues so severe that everyone it EXPECTED to use external, unsupported websites, just to ACCESS those apps, then the site has failed to meet the minimum expectation for a service of its kind.
Your thoughts. Your fears.
Nope. Those are your words. You keep claiming the issues are "so severe" yet nobody is having these issues. Suggest you leave this playground and invest in reality and go to work on fixing the non existant problems.
Or just quit trolling the internet for attention and go to work.
Your 'advice' here is about as good as any fake news. In old days, it was used for wrapping fish or garbage
Holy crap, that's an amazing one! Damn!
That said, I'm not trying to troll, I was just trying to offer support. Maybe my advice was wrong. I was only trying to help. People are allowed to make mistakes, you know,
