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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Das Emu" data-source="post: 9712694" data-attributes="member: 7053419">There is a multitude of problems here:1. itch did not warn about the change, despite knowing about this push since April. They not only shadow-banned products in question, they also withhold payment that lots of small indie developers need to pay rent. Just overnight with no warning, even if the sales happened before the change went into action.2. This push comes from a christian fundamentalist group targeting payment processors like Visa and Mastercard to avoid going through the law. They basically are trying to make sure there is nowhere on the internet where you can get the kind of content they find immoral. So there is "no other place to go" really, as 99% of international consumer sales on the internet goes through these payment processors.3. It's really not about "private companies have the right to decide what's on their platform", it's more about lobbyists from one part of the world enforcing something through third-parties that affects another private company, that really can't legally do anything else but comply.4. itch really mishandled the situation, but they are also not in a situation in which they can decide what's on their platform anymore, same as steam and probably soon many other places on the internet. They have to comply with the payment processors decisions, who in turn seem to just follow what this christian fundamentalist group from Australia tells them to do.[Edit]And yes, this is my first post here after lurking for years. I just found it important to clarify a few things in defense of those affected by this change. Lots of very small developers are seeing their money being withheld so close before end of the month.Also I really hate lobbyists pushing for censorship with a clear agenda to hurt minority communities.</blockquote>

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