I know that not everyone is financially able, or willing, to subcribe to every developer whose games they want to play, but perhaps you can direct people to "Follow" you on Patreon, and to do a one-time "Subscribe" on Patreon so that they can enjoy your updates and you can still get paid without Itch?
I am directing people over to my Patreon page through itch.io for now. I know a lot of people just don't like Patreon though. I'm going to start a Steam page for The Judas Ghost when I have some content ready to put up on Steam. That's my play right now. I'm just trying to survive long enough to get that game out into the world.