So, that makes a success rate of 50% in our highly representative sample size of 2 people. Amazing.
If I count in all the people I've seen specifically asking for Mega because Itch downloads are unreliable, and compare it to the zero people who have any issues with Mega downloads aside from being too lazy to leave their app, that percentage drops even further below an acceptable level of reliability.
Get a browser. It's a basic component of any half-decent computer system.
Try clicking "My Feed". Then set a bookmark. All updates, new games, and postings from creators you follow are listed there. You can even filter them by type.
And it's perfectly accessible. What you want is the opposite of accessibility, to turn your brain off at the cost of other people's access to reliable downloads.
You clearly don't know me. I'm autistic, and ADHD. I literally CAN'T turn my brain off. What I want is organization, without additional distractions, etc.
I want usability. I want it to be user friendly.
And for the record, making an app more compatible does not make it less accessible. Nor does it mean less reliable downloads. It literally means the opposite. It means the app works smoothly with Itchio on all fronts. What YOU want is for it to be better for YOU.
I'm asking for compatibility for EVERYONE.
As a high-functioning autist, I am not impressed by your attempt to leverage your condition for sympathy.
Here's the facts: Itch downloads are unreliabe. Mega downloads are reliable. Switching from Mega to Itch locks people out of content, or makes it much harder to procure.
I want everyone to have access, even if they might have to do an extra click or two. You want to reduce your workload at the cost of other people's access.
Stop acting like you care about accessibility or compatibility. You are just being lazy and selfish.
Nobody can literally turn off their brain, that was purely metaphorical.
Everyone is constantly thinking about something, whether it's fast or slow, simple or complex, verbalized or instinctual, purposeful or drifting. That's just the human experience. Even the guys who like to say they "think about nothing" when asked are constantly having some sort of thought process.
That's why people seek entertainment, to direct a never-ending stream of thoughts to pleasant topics, and why just 15 minutes of sensory deprivation can be so painful that a significant number of people would choose to electroshock themselves for fun. Yep, that was a real study.
It's completely normal and natural to be unable to turn off your brain.
That's true. But I was refering more to the fact that people with ADHD are CONSTANTLY overstimulated, more so than the average person, and people with ASD have a tendency to hyperfixate, more so than the average person. And so, people with either ADHD or ASD have a tendency to stress about a bunch of different things at once.
So, let's say the average person's mind is like a series of pipes:
There are liquid thoughts constantly flowing through the pipes, and there are some intercrossing sections where liquids mix and/or get filtered apart. Though the rate of flow in each pipe often increases and decreases, there is ALWAYS liquid flowing somewhere in the system, or else the entire system stops working.
There are pressure indicators on each section so that the brain knows how much pressure is in each section of pipe, and there are pressure valves so pressure in each section can be released if the pressure in that section gets too high. The pressure valves are connected to the sensors in the indicators, so that the valves can automatically be controlled, to prevent pressure buildup, and damage to the system. But, many of these valves can also be manually controlled via control wheels, so the brain's operator (the person) can direct and regulate flow to specific utilities and processes, as needed.
Now, for people with ADHD, the connections between the sensors and the valves are loose, causing malfunctions where the valves change direction unnecessarily. To make matters worse, the manual control wheels are a bit sticky, making it difficult for the operator to manually change the flow direction, even to fix the flow direction when the sensors malfunction.
For people with ASD, the connection between the sensors and the valves is fine, and the control wheels aren't sticky, but many valves are broken internally, so that flow is cannot be fully diverted between processes, so that some processes consistently receive overflow, while other processes are consistently unable to receive sufficient flow. In addition to that, many valve indicators are broken, making it difficult for the operator to determine how much flow each process SHOULD be getting, as well as how much flow each process IS getting.
For people with BOTH, all those issues are present. Because some of the the indicators are broken, the operator is unsure how much flow some processes SHOULD be getting, and is unable to recognize how much flow some processes ARE getting, so certain processes will get WAY too much flow, and others will get absolutely NO attention. Also, because of the faulty sensor connections, flow is randomly switched between processes, and it is difficult (or, in cases where the valve is broken, impossible) for the operator to manually redirect and regulate the valve direction. So, these flow issues will switch between processes at RANDOM.
Oh, and to discuss "facts":
I want to start by admitting say that I do not know whether the compatibility issues are the fault of the game devs, or the fault of the itch devs. That's why I offered the game devs the resources to make sure things were done correctly on THEIR end. Issues cannot be fixed if don't know for certain WHERE the issue is. If the game devs have checked and double-checked that they have done everything THEY can to make their apps compatible, then we can say for certain that the issue lies with the itch devs, and can then properly get support for those issues, through the right channels.
Either way, users shouldn't just... expect such issues. Why is everyone so resigned to the idea of using a CLEARLY broken system?
Itch.io is a game library. The WHOLE point of a game library is to have an accessible collection of games. A bunch of games, all in one place. If a game library requires people to go to OTHER sites to access and/or manage the apps shown in THEIR store, then it fails its entire purpose as a game library. Similarly, if a game dev uploads their game to a game library in such a way that it requires users to download their game from a site other than the game library to which they are posting, then they don't want a game library, they want a game blog.
Could, should, would... and if the moon was made of cheese, we could have a stellar fondue. None of that is a fact!
Hypothetical: Itch COULD get their download function in order.
Fact: It IS NOT in order.
Hypothetical: If it WERE fixed, using it WOULD be viable.
Fact: Relying on itch downloads IS NOT viable.
Conclusion: IF and WHEN Itch gets off their butts and improves their downloads, and NOT ONE SECOND EARLIER, you can POLITELY SUGGEST a switch to using it.
So, why don't you go and pester the itch team to improve their broken app and site rather than spamming pointless replies that only serve to display your ignorance?
