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Create fearlessly. https://whycloud.net https://x.com/WhyCloudNet
We are adult game devs ourselves, and our only agenda is to work towards creating a world where anyone can create fearlessly.
We are open to any ideas or feedback if you want to discuss what you think the best feasible solution would be.
That is why we want to develop a *tool* to help creators get set up on their own platform. That is the only way that creators can even have a choice of the alternatives out there. Whether it be bank to bank payments like ACH, high risk processing, or crypto, we want creators to have a choice.
08.10.2025 13:29 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0We understand that Steam was not given much choice. Even if Steam tried to process adult games only with cryptocurrency, payment processors would still demand that they be censored.
The only solution, the one we want to help enable, is for people to stop relying solely on centralized platforms.
We noticed there has been some confusion over what WhyCloud is and how it helps creators to resist censorship, so we made some videos to help explain it!
Follow us for more information and anti-censorship news!
If age-verification is going to be required by law, it should be free, open-source, and most importantly CLIENT-based so that nobody ever gets access to sensitive user data. Go.cam is one such solution.
WhyCloud can help creators configure this if they so choose.
Age verification laws silence creators into submission at the risk of being sued. Even worse, the age verification lobby is pushing for expensive and invasive always-active age verification, and legislation such as Tennessee's age-verification bill requiring re-validation every hour support this.
27.09.2025 02:55 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0Whether you are a creator, a supporter, or a developer - this is a place where we can answer questions, discuss censorship, self-hosting, and what we can do to protect creators!
Join now - and help us defend people's right to create freely!
Only united can we stand against the wave of creative censorship that has been sweeping over the internet.
That is why we are pleased to announce that we now have a community Discord!
discord.gg/mFu6XXC9QU
Most people don't, which is why we want to make it easy for you to store your data with a host you can trust (or your own server), the choice should be yours!
26.09.2025 20:22 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
We can stop this from happening, with WhyCloud:
www.indiegogo.com/projects/why...
Have YOU read the terms of the platforms you use?
It's not just a story, we know of a game developer who had their entire corporate Google account nuked overnight - simply for sharing nude artistic references.
No recovery, no chance to appeal. Even their email was gone.
It's devastating to see creatives forced to censor the content they are passionate about creating simply to keep the lights on.
Unless we work together and support a decentralized solution such as WhyCloud, we WILL see more creators being forced into this position.
In just 2 days we've already raised almost 12% of our goal!
We need your help to keep up the momentum!
A world where creators don't need to worry about their life's work being deleted, where creators don't need to live in fear that their next image will trip the censors.
We can do it!
Every little bit helps and if we work together, we can reach our goal to help make a world where we can create without fear!
www.indiegogo.com/projects/why...
Only together can we cloud out the eye of censorship and defend our right to create without fear!
With WhyCloud, it will be impossible for the livelihoods of creators to be upended simply because card networks decided to turn their gaze upon a single, centralized platform.
We don't do the hosting - we are building a tool to enable anyone to be able to host themselves!
Whether it be with a trusted cloud host or on your own server, WhyCloud will make it easy to spin up your own site and accept payments - standard, high-risk, ACH, or Crypto. YOU get to choose.
It's time we fight back against censorship from payment processers.
Introducing WhyCloud - a free, open-source tool that aims to empower anyone to be able to host their own site and process payments - all in three simple steps.
With your help, we can take back creative control!
igg.me/at/whycloud/
What began with Steam being initially willing to platform "anything legal" has slowly tightened into making adult game developers second-class citizens.
No matter how well-meaning centralized platforms may be, their very nature inevitably makes them vulnerable to censorship.
t.co/WgcNWUk4k0
Online censorship continues to be a threat to creative freedom.
The only way to avoid these draconian policies is to host your own Personal Data Server, which only those with technical knowledge can do.
Though not part of our MVP, WhyCloud lays the foundation to enable anyone to host themselves.
With WhyCloud, you will be able to spin up a second site and accept payments through it with only a few clicks of a button!
No more will this solution only be available to those with technical know-how!
This exact reason is why centralized platforms like Steam and Itchio can never be the solution. As long as their site uses standard card processing, they will always be vulnerable to platform pressure. SubscribeStar does it right by having two completely different sites.
20.09.2025 20:12 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Free, open-source, and built so that you control all of your data - nobody will be able to tell you what legal content you can or can't create or sell.
Support us on Indiegogo to help us bring about a world where everyone can create fearlessly!
Launching in 4 days
www.indiegogo.com/projects/why...
Free and open-source, with WhyCloud anyone will be able to host their own site and process payments - whether it be through standard, high-risk, ACH, or Crypto - no tech knowledge necessary.
20.09.2025 02:27 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0Creators are under siege.
Payment processer overreach is already stifling creative expression on the internet, forcing platforms like Steam, Patreon and ItchIO to censor content.
But it doesn't need to be this way, and we have the solution: WhyCloud
