We can offer little beyond Ruffleneck's initial proposition, however it seemed important to add our weight behind such an idea. Currently we primarily use itch.io as little more than a middle-man between Patreon and Steam, but such a subscription system would change our view of the platform in a positive way; from the perspective of developers, the more available platforms the better as the diversity of revenue streams helps to mitigate single-point-risk. From the perspective of itch.io, an entire secondary stream of users who are interested in the subscription model and directly supporting developers.
It would seem to be mutually beneficial.
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