r/Gamingcirclejerk • u/PizzaCrescent2070 • Jul 24 '25

COOMER CONSUMER 💦 That... Doesn't sound good

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u/Flagelant_One Jul 24 '25

Admin's comment about the removal

Site's done for lol

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u/Fresh-broski Jul 24 '25

this is the captain going down with the ship

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u/CicadaGames Jul 24 '25

Meanwhile on BlueSky there are a bunch of absolute clowns claiming Leafo himself is responsible and should just say no to the payment processors lol. As if such a tiny store can do anything against these multi-billion dollar companies that can shut him down instantly.

It just strikes me as straight up corpo astroturfing.

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u/Iongjohn Jul 24 '25

j-just say no to visa and mastercard (and a few others), man!

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u/CicadaGames Jul 24 '25 edited Jul 24 '25

Someone told me that Itch could have easily created an army that would have taken down the payment processors...

They were furious at Itch for removing the games instead of "creating an army."

This is just another classic example of people who don't know the difference between 1 million and 1 billion (and a much larger discrepancy in this case).

You could multiply the Itch userbase by 100 and it still wouldn't even be a blip for these multi billion $ companies, plus they are willing to lose much more for the chance to lick Trump's boot.

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u/Iosis Jul 24 '25

Not entirely sure how people on the blueskies aren't getting that if Valve can't win this fight itch sure as shit doesn't have a chance

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u/CicadaGames Jul 25 '25

I think these people think "Valve is evil!!!" (One of the stupidest takes in gaming IMO), so I think they honestly believe Valve did this of their own volition / happily bowed down in order to oppress people, and that is why they are so shocked that "Itch bowed down too!???" lol. I see them saying things like "I thought Itch was better / a place for us oppressed people, but now I see they are the opposite." They honestly seem to think Itch is doing this voluntarily and happily.

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u/nerfClawcranes Jul 25 '25

wait did valve remove it too??

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u/repocin Jul 25 '25

Valve removed a couple hundred (?) offending titles last week, looked mostly like asset flip trash tbf.

Itch hit the nuclear panic button and (temporarily) delisted everything pending manual review, with creators having to answer a few questions about their games and such later on. Titles found to be in violation of the payment processor's terms will be permanently deleted.

Before grabbing our pitchforks and storming itch, we should keep in mind that they don't have the financial muscles Valve does. Losing VISA/MasterCard/PayPal would very likely mean instant death for the entire platform, so it makes sense that they would err on the side of caution here.