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If their position is that private ownership makes Itch a doomed venture, or at least not a fulsome way forward, then I can follow that (even if I don't agree). This gets to exactly the sorts of stuff SE seems to be wrestling with: Building democracy and equanimity into existing business structures.

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Maybe it doesn't bear mentioning that Epic Games takes 12%, since they're no less fiefly. But Itch.io, while not collectively owned, is definitely both gamer- and developer-friendly in ways Steam and its ilk aren't, and they let the seller set the revenue share. Is that insufficient? If so, why?

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This one part struck me as odd, though. The 30% number is a reference to the large and fairly uniform cut that Steam takes on PC games, that Apple and Google take on mobile games, and that Microsoft and Sony take on console games. (Nintendo is slightly more complicated, but no less a fiefdom).

White text on a black background: "We also cannot dismantle the monopoly of digital fiefdoms taking 30% platform fees on all game revenue of every single developer out there. Only by an organised resistance of a large number of developers moving to a collectively-owned gamer-friendly platform could this be done. We can welcome and prioritize the rise of such a platform, and actively encourage its creation, as one of the tools of our deliverance from exploitation, but as an individual studio we are powerless."
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Definitely interested to see Summer Eternal develop (in both senses of the word). For my money, their manifesto is a little heavy on THE RIGHTEOUS HELLFIRE OF ARTISTIC CREATION and a little light on, like, sustainable human-focused ways of working. But I do get that they're going for a vibe.

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Joe DiMaggio: Secretly Jewish? No, but what if? But actually, no.

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Do I know anyone on here who owns their own 3D printer? @veeyaygahs.com and I are strongly considering becoming Those People You Know Who Have Their Own 3D Printer.

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This one from earlier in the night might be my favorite.

The same line of oak tree as in the image further up in the thread, under the same night sky--but this time only a few stars are visible through the striations of magenta northern lights.
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Skies are still pretty wild in Rhode Island.

A line of black silhouetted oak trees under a starry sky. On the right the sky is gray-blue. On the left, the northern lights are glowing magenta and pink and, in the lower-left of the image, a lime green.
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Drew Messinger Pumpkin Festival
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Writer, Audio Guy, Businessboi, Rescue Dog Otaku.
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