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Unity has apologized for the "confusion and angst the runtime fee policy" it announced last week has caused and has revealed it will be "making changes" to it.

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 years ago (1 children)

They "apologize" about "confusion" and "angst" that us stupid peasants have? That doesn't sound very apologetic to me. That sounds like they're doubling down.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 years ago (2 children)

All of these companies don’t realize how replaceable they are. Reddit got replaced for many of us with Lemmy. Unity devs can jump to Godot.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago

Heck, this worse. We wouldn't lose massive amounts of money when posting on Reddit. This is about the existance and viability of development and companies.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago

This is a huge opportunity for Unreal as well. I'm surprised they haven't announced some flashy on-boarding campaign.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What confusion? I'd say it was a pretty clear policy.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It was kinda ambiguous how deep they were going to stick it up the devs' ass.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

"Don't worry, it's just the tip" (currently, before they change the tos/price again)

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 years ago

This is just part of the script now.

[–] blacknails 12 points 2 years ago

If your game is not already in development. Forget this shit, use Godot.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

They'd have to replace the current execs ideally with some software first focused people. They all allowed this.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago

Until someone gets fired, it's still the same demon in the drivers seat.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

"We're sorry we shot you in the head and the angst it may have caused you, but hey! We're about to take the lead out for FREE."

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

I am wondering if they will silently reinstate the changed TOS repositories.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

You might wanna fire Mr. Dead Eyes over there first.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Too late motherfuckers.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Oh, look, they're going the Wizards of the Coast route.