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Unity boycott begins as devs switch off ads to force a Runtime Fee reversal (mobilegamer.biz)
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[-] InEnduringGrowStrong@sh.itjust.works 38 points 9 months ago

I'd move the fuck away from Unity even if they did roll back all their latest bullshit.
It's only a matter of time before they pull another stunt like that.
Remember, their shitstain of a CEO, surrounded by his troupe of yesmen, all thought this was the best idea ever.

[-] Covenant@sh.itjust.works 33 points 9 months ago

Is it possible that those people who sold millions of shares are going short on unity stocks?

[-] bogdugg@sh.itjust.works 10 points 9 months ago

people who sold millions of shares

Is there a source for people selling millions of shares?

[-] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 12 points 9 months ago

Yup. And it’s easy to find more.

[-] bogdugg@sh.itjust.works 24 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

2000 shares is not millions... that's less than $100K at the current share price. For scale, the CEO was paid over $8 million in stock in 2022, of which he sold about 50000 shares over the course of the year, which would translate to roughly $2 million worth, which I assume means he's holding many more shares.

I just don't see it. Seems far more likely that he just regularly sells shares as income.

I do agree the other two are more scummy than the CEO.

[-] Jaysyn@kbin.social 20 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

While they are porting to Godot, those Devs can stop updating their Unity installations & keep the old ToS.

[-] tun@lemm.ee 8 points 9 months ago

I heard unity removed the clause which states dev can keep the old term.

[-] derin@lemmy.beru.co 2 points 9 months ago

These companies can't port to Godot as it doesn't support the software stacks they use and the platforms they target (mobile).

With the size of the players involved, it's much more likely they go to Cocos2D in the short term, and that something new pops up in the long term to act as a proper Unity replacement.

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