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Itch.io is killing game devs

A topic by Team DogBrain created 24 days ago Views: 742 Replies: 5
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the recent decision, in a coward's move, to shadowban and delist any nsfw material is taking money away from game devs. Money used to pay bills and buy groceries. This decision made for no reason but to cause harm to a group of people is disgusting. This decision was brought about by pressures from people in power looking to oppress and subjugate. I urge everyone on this platform to act against this blatant act of class warfare.

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Couldn't have said it better.

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Here's something you can do, set your revenue share to 0%

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sign this petition against VISA your voice matters!

https://www.change.org/p/tell-mastercard-visa-activist-groups-stop-controlling-w...

hell yeah. I've been posting that around, thank you 

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don't forget to fill out a complaint to the DOJ under anti-trust laws and also the payment processing systems

Visa Inc.

https://investor.visa.com/corporate-governance/contact-the-board/default.aspx#em...

Phone: 1-800-847-2911 OR +1-303-967-1096 (international)

Mail: c/o the Chairman, CEO, General Counsel or Corporate Secretary, P.O. Box 8999, San Francisco, CA 94128

businessconduct@visa.com

globalmedia@visa.com

Mastercard Inc.

https://b2b.mastercard.com/contact-us/

Corporate Office: 914-249-2000

Operations Center in Missouri: 636-722-6100

investor.relations@mastercard.com

PayPal Holdings, Inc.

https://x.com/AskPayPal

Phone: 1-888-221-1161

Mail: PayPal Headquarters, 2211 North First Street, San Jose, California 95131

EEOMALegalSpecialist@paypal.com <---HERE!!

executiveescalations@paypal.com

(!!)Most importantly(!!), those in the USA should consider contacting their Congressmen (phone or email) and tell them you want to support these bills:

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/401

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/987

I would urge them to support it, and even urge them to strengthen the wording of it to put more restrictions on credit card companies, not just banks. ( How to find your congressman[www.congress.gov] )

Then, I think those in the USA should contact the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and file a complaint. Doing this next is good, as its the most consumer focused:

https://www.consumerfinance.gov/complaint/

Phone: 1-855-411-2372

Mail: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, 1700 G Street NW, Washington, DC 20552

Following that, submit a detailed complaint detailing the issues to the DOJ’s Antitrust Division or FTC:

Department of Justice – Antitrust Division

https://www.consumerfinance.gov/complaint/ https://www.justice.gov/doj/webform/your-message-department-justice

Phone: 1-855-411-2372

Mail: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, 1700 G Street NW, Washington, DC 20552

Federal Trade Commission

https://reportfraud.ftc.gov/

Phone: 1-877-382-4357

Mail: Federal Trade Commission, Consumer Response Center, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20580

You can use an AI to help you draft letters easily (Microsoft Copilot requires no sign-in). I've put physical addresses too because although it represents a big commitment of effort, few things get their message through better than a written letter.

This is not an end-all-be-all list, but I think its a pretty good starting point. I understand a lot of this represents an uncomfy amount of effort, but really, wouldn't it be an insane spectacle if Visa or MasterCard literally got broken up all because they messed with some erogames on Steam? Imagine that going down in history.