I've been scrolling through various threads about Itch's decision to shadowban adult content to satisfy payment processors, and I have to say that I think some of the people here are missing a huge point that's already winning people over no matter their stance on pornography:
Financial companies like Mastercard and PayPal should NOT have this much control over which games are and aren't allowed.
Steering the discussion to whether or not taboo forms of pornography is harmful not only distracts people from holding these parties accountable, but also alienates them into groups not unlike what you see elsewhere online (and therefore destroys any amount of unity we have against this nasty form of censorship). I'm indifferent to the idea of Itch removing porn games containing erotic depictions of sexual violence (IF YOU TRY TO DEBATE WITH ME ON THIS IN THE COMMENTS YOU ARE PART OF THE PROBLEM!!!!!!!!!!), but it doesn't mean I'm indifferent to credit card companies having the final say on that.
I'm trying not to get on a high horse because I'm 100% guilty of participating in petty discourse, and I still am kinda! And yes, it is healthy to talk to people about their views that may conflict with your own, but this is an important window of opportunity we're seeing here. Tribalism is easy to brew online, but this is gonna be a moment where we all collectively put our foot down as artists; arguing about the morality of incest and rape during an ongoing blanket ban on porn does not help women or LGBTQ individuals, signing and spreading that ACLU petition so this could never happen again helps them.
EDIT: Sorry, I wrote this at 6 in the morning and forgot to link the petition in question:
A Change.org petition about this also started it seems so I'll link that too:
https://www.change.org/p/tell-mastercard-visa-activist-groups-stop-controlling-w...