• ‮redirtSdeR@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    Damn guess we’ll need to move to the alternative- ah wait- no- itch was the alternative.


    I wonder if a federated game platform would work as an idea or if that’s just an inherently bad idea due to the nature of trusting strangers with your money.

    • Chloé 🥕@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      3 days ago

      the problem is the payment processors, not itch

      unless you’re fine with crypto, sending cheques by mail or having everything be free, your new platform is gonna get the same problems once it’s big enough to be noticed

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      4 days ago

      Without payments processors, they can’t sell games.

      Having a federated platform wouldn’t mean much if the payments processors blanket ban the platform.

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          3 days ago

          Someone’s gonna process the payment between the two banks, adding an intermediary between both banks won’t help much when it will be denied processing as well.