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[–] [email protected] 83 points 11 months ago (3 children)

I still can't believe that retroactive fees like that are legal.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 11 months ago (1 children)

They aren’t and likely won’t hold up in court.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Gotta pay the lawyers to go to court though.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Hope enough teams can band together and file jointly, combined with decent fundraising and fair lawyers.

Fuck these Unity execs and their ilk. I guess they need more motivation to run a business properly, and not be rampaging sociopaths and enshittification experts. Perhaps some lawyers and lawmakers can offer them some humiliation and fear of personally feeling the consequences of their actions.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 11 months ago

Welcome to capitalism! Ain't it grand!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago

Because they’re not charging for previous installs, not new ones, and they operate technically on a free “subscription” model it’s going to be hard to challenge legally