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Simple solution. Itch.io takes payment in cryptocurrencies. Vote with your (crypto-)wallet.
To those who are saying the price of things would be volatile because they are accepting crypto. That isn’t how buying things works. The asset is volatile. Not the cost of the thing you are buying.
Just try to check out a cart anywhere that allows for cryptocurrency payment. Mullvad is a place I can suggest. They even give you a discount for doing so.
Crypto is unfortunately too volatile, GNU-Taler is the better option
Why does it matter if it is volatile? I’ve used crypto to keep newsgroups going for years. You buy $10 worth at the time, doesn’t matter if it’s worth $5 or $20 tomorrow, it’s served it’s purpose.
Well not really… i don’t want my 10 to be worth only 5 tomorrow… I am happy you don’t care, but a lot of other people do.
Your 10 isn’t your 10 any more so why do you care
… Which will result in prices for games fluctuating wildly, and their entire storefront having to tell people how to by crypto from shady places.
Stuff like FedNOW and Wero are a better solution which bypass payment processors entirely.
That really depends on the crypto being used and you can buy crypto from non-shady places lol
If adult content moves to crypto, won’t that result in Collective Shout and friends targeting the big crypto marketplaces?
At least in the us, crypto bros have a stranglehold on a number of politicians on right and left. Its unlikely to be banned or hindered unilaterally.
… I don’t have any trust that the US government will do anything pro-lgbt, pro-freedom-of-expression or pro-women.
They could target payment processors that handles crypto, but they can’t prevent anyone from receiving payments in crypto. You don’t actually need a payment processor to receive crypto. All you need is a wallet to send or receive.
As far as I’ve seen they all fluctuate wildly, is that not the case with some?
You can look into “stablecoins”. But the volatility doesn’t really matter for the merchant, as they can usually sell the crypto immediately upon the purchase by the customer.
I mean there tends to be overhead and fees that are greater than most other payment processors, no?
This is the big reason I haven’t even tried paying via crypto:
€ ➡️ bitcoin ➡️seller
Every step has huge costs that make no sense if there’s an alternative around. And mostly require a large minimum. Nope!
stripe has a 1,5% fee for crypto transactions. Dunno if that’s a lot or?
