MachineScreen

Trying to be a bit more striking in my environment design. Hoping to bring some of this energy into Nowhere, MI

Low poly sunset

I thought I understood how Steam worked but this confuses me. Shouldn't US sales tax (VAT equivalent) be added to your price by Steam because it's not inclusive which means it wouldn't effect you at all? VAT in most other countries is inclusive though so that would come out of the sale amount.

This is interesting and good and actually what I assumed most sites/services would do with long time account holders. It's a safe assumption that if I've had an account for 20+ years I'm highly likely to be over 18...

I've been made aware that Mouthwashing hasn't been findable through itch's search since October 2024 as we did not meet their listing criteria. After seeing comments left just a few weeks ago I incorrectly made the assumption that the game has been delisted as part of the recent de-listings of NSFW games from the platform. I apologize to itch.io and to people who feel like they've been lied to. I made an incorrect assumption.

I want to issue a corrective statement as my post about mouthwashings delisting turned out to be false. I'm sorry for making an incorrect assumption

This is a good article but I want to note that the page q_dork.itch.io/consume-me was never indexed since its 2018 publishing because it didn't meet minimum indexing requirements of having an uploaded file. It was not affected by the NSFW audit

itch.io/docs/creator...

We've posted an addendum FAQ to our original blog post about NSFW content. You can read it here: itch.io/updates/upda...

Thank you for your patience as we navigate through this. We're upset too. We're doing what we can but there are still many unknowns at this point.

Mouthwashing not being indexed has nothing to do with the current itch situation. False information is being spread.

That article seems to be over exaggerating. I used my credit card to verify and no other personal information (including name and address) was needed. KWS certainly don't have access to my ID documents or anything like that (and no way would I have done it if that was required).

It doesn’t stop you accessing the site. It just stops you using DMs and seeing adult content. You don’t have to be verified to continue using it without those features.

We have not denied any payouts to creators as part of yesterday's review. If there are any creators in which we are unable to process a payout for then we'll contact them directly.

We do understand that the eligibility message is confusing given the context so we're updating the text on the notices

Yeah, it's becoming more and more common. Anyone needing copies (however poor) of official ID documents makes me nervous!

Fair enough. I certainly wouldn't have done it if face scanning was the only option.

If you have a credit card it's entirely painless and they need less info than an online purchase (no name or address/postcode).

Also feeling a bit resentful at how quickly these folk are claiming to abandon a very small group of ppl who have almost certainly done more to support and grow the economic feasibility of queer and adult content games than anyone else because they did the one thing they could do in the situation

While the Online Safety Act is obviously a very poorly thought out piece of legislation I was pleasantly surprised at how painless age verification for here was. I just put in my credit card details and all done. Less information provided than for an online purchase (no name or address needed).

It's also worth noting about the itch situation that it appears they nuked everything as a temporary solution while they conduct an audit to identify the specific stuff the payment processors don't like. So, I assume, stuff will eventually get restored. The unknown is how much will get restored.

"The situation developed rapidly, and we had to act urgently to protect the platform’s core payment infrastructure." That sounds to me like were given a very short timeframe ultimatum and as a tiny team with no leverage or manpower to delay it, compliance was their only option.

The classic infighting problem.

we have so many reasons to be angry and ultimately we are fucked if we keep directing that at the easiest and closest targets rather than the most powerful and impactful ones

Presumably the choice essentially boiled down to no legs or instant death.

People are understandably confused and upset but some of the aggression towards itch is mind-boggling.

I can only assume some of them think itch is a large corporation not a small business.

every person yelling at itch in the replies makes me want to go feral man. you are pushing the small guy around because it's the easier target. get mad at the right person for a fucking change.

itch.io/updates/upda...

It appears something many people fail to appreciate is that if your small business is existentially threatened you tend to have to take extremely drastic, chaotic action in order to just keep existing.

Tell me you've never run a business before without telling me you've never run a business before.