sqwarkdemon
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Using itch.io's integration system for my animations
🕑 Added 2020-03-11 20:14:48 +0000 UTCThe Belfast animation was a great first test using itch.io's integrated system, and I'm planning to use that method hereon out.
I've received some messages from you guys about this change though and I want to address this change in more detail to be fully and openly transparent with why I'm doing this.
Recently I've been seeing patreon links to my stuff posted elsewhere. I'm not going to say where, but I've seen links on 3 different sites at this point.
I'm not going to just leave it there because I feel you guys - who are paying for this content - deserve it more than people are not paying for this content.
Sta.sh links just aren't secure and people can, and have, just link the animations to wherever they please. I didn't want to resort to this, but considering there's someone updating my page on that website with every post I make I have no choice but to start putting animations behind a system that checks for a subscription.
First and foremost I do not like that website in question. It's a circle-jerk of people who think Patreon artists are the scum of the earth for not offering free content we put hours of our lives and real effort into making. I do not endorse the sharing of my content there at all but I know ultimately saying that isn't going to stop jack shit.
So, to combat this issue effectively, I've got to either send the link in a message which is a lot of work to keep up with, or put the animations on an external website like itch.io where it checks for a subscription.
This was the one reason I was terrified about offering my animations to download - because I knew some day someone would just share them and there would be nothing I could do.
So that's why I've decided to utilize itch.io's patreon integration. I'm trying to combat piracy.
