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m Changed the consumer impact summary to more closely resemble that of the Steam page. Added the 'User freedom' section with information about DRM on itch.io.
 
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|Category=Digital storefront, Video games
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|Description=Online digital distributor mainly for games.  
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[[wikipedia:Itch.io|itch.io]] is a website used to find and share video games made by independent developers online.
[[wikipedia:Itch.io|itch.io]] is a website used to find and share video games made by independent developers online.


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* User Privacy
* User Privacy
* Business Model
* Business Model
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* Market Control}}'''User freedom'''
 
* Itch.io does not add [[Digital rights management|DRM]] to the games sold on its platform.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Creator FAQ |url=https://itch.io/docs/creators/faq |url-status=live |access-date=13 Aug 2025 |website=Itch.io |at=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=16 Mar 2018 |title=Are games from itch.io DRM free? |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/850uea/are_games_from_itchio_drm_free/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 Aug 2025 |website=Reddit}}</ref>


*Business model: System relies on "open revenue sharing" which sends to itch.io a percentage of the transaction chosen accordingly by the creator (default 10%).<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 2013 |title=Introducing open revenue sharing |url=https://www.tumblr.com/itchio/112709605589/introducing-open-revenue-sharing |website=Tumblr}}</ref>
'''Business model'''
*Itch.io relies on "open revenue sharing" which sends to itch.io a percentage of the transaction chosen accordingly by the creator (default 10%).<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 2013 |title=Introducing open revenue sharing |url=https://www.tumblr.com/itchio/112709605589/introducing-open-revenue-sharing |website=Tumblr}}</ref><ref name=":0" />


==Incidents==
==Incidents==