It's absolutely clear that somebody came here not understanding the platform at all and moans about it, and the entire community gets in a state of an uproar.
I'd like to know who told you it was like Steam or if you understood them well. Of course, itch has client that allows you to easily install games get them automatically updated and so on, und so weiter, and yeah, I guess it's like Steam in that perspective. Yet the essence appears to be different on a few vital points. Steam aims from a more commercial perspective, making it easier for the game industry to sell games. Basically Steam replaces the old physical game store, were you used to buy games on diskettes and CD-ROMs. However since the internet made that obsolete, I guess Steam became that on-line replacement. Itch is more aiming to give smaller studios and hobbyists a platform. Then you shouldn't expect the technical extremes that some professional studios throw in these days (if the game really gets better by it, is a discussion on its own by the way).
Now when it comes to "hiring"... I'm not hired by itch to put my games on here. It's rather my own personal interest to use itch for that purpose. But if I were to put my games on Steam I wouldn't be hired either. Of course, if I'd sell my games here (which I don't) I would get money and itch sees to it that I get the money for games I sold, however, that's not hiring. Itch is then merely taking away the pain from me that handling money transactions over the internet can bring. I'm not an itch employee (nor do I have the ambition to be one).
And there's also something else. When I see posts like these, I can't help but the check the account used to post it, and a few things immediately caught my eye.
- A nick in stead of a name (on its own not a miracle as most people here do, and I guess I'm one of the few showing my actual name, but in combination with other factors, it becomes interesting).
- No avatar set
- The only action I could find on that account was posting the message that started this thread. No other activity has been found. Of course, I am not a moderator here and I don't know if I'd be able to find more if I was, but I think it's safe to assume that this is the only action ever posted with that account.
Of course, I've visited many games sites that disappointed me, or simply were not the kind of game site I was looking for, and that's alright, I guess we all have diferent needs and preferences, but normally I just leave such sites without leaving a single word. Here somebody actually took the trouble to create an account and to leave one single message no more, no less, and no response whatsoever on the replies of people. I wonder... Couldn't resist thinking it's cute to leave some negative "feedback" (which shows the point behind this site was completely missed), or is the poster of that message secretly reading all the replies laughing his/her ass off because he/she got this place in an uproar.
I'm curious.