Itch.io Update
Added 2025-07-24 15:59:12 +0000 UTCSometime this morning, itch.io officially 'deindexed' all of their adult content, essentially meaning games containing nudity or nsfw themes are shadow-banned, and this includes both Road to Alivir and The Last Courier. I'm a little scared of what this will mean moving forward, since itch is where I wanted to host my games for ease of access, but I will most likely be considering moving somewhere.
As much as I'd rather avoid politics, this is a blatant and serious overreach by the right-wing Christian group Collective Shout to try and pressure payment processors to take down support for platforms with adult themes. Things could backslide and become precarious for lots of nsfw creators, and I don't want to even imagine a possibility where I have to take down both of my games just to appease a puritanical policy created under the guise of protecting children. The state of the world right now combined with the spinelessness of corporations makes me think this is a real possibility, however.
Hopefully, this all blows over and things return to normal. If not, I'm looking elsewhere.
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1000%. They need to be given a reality check and realize this does nothing but hurt the creators they want to platform.
adastra
2025-07-24 23:42:44 +0000 UTCFrom a trusted friend: "I was told that Visa would like inquiries relating to using their bargaining power to destroy adult media to be sent, via email, to askvisa@visa.com Mastercard (US): 1-800-627-8372 Mastercard (Int.): +1-636-722-7111 Visa (US + Can): 1 800 847 2911 they asked. to be sent. emails. you know what to do."
Onedrift
2025-07-24 23:24:28 +0000 UTC
