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Geez, Unity took it personal. (lemmy.ml)
submitted 9 months ago by RoadArchie@lemmy.ml to c/memes@lemmy.ml
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[-] someguy3@lemmy.ca 22 points 9 months ago

I'm ootl, what's going on?

[-] cybervseas@lemmy.world 48 points 9 months ago

Unity lost any good will they built by changing their pricing to per install and making go into effect retroactively. Indie developers especially are up in arms.

[-] Serdan@lemm.ee 40 points 9 months ago

Unity changed the license, so developers have to pay a fee for every install of games made with Unity. Notice that it's "install". Not "sale". Not "download".

They claim they won't count installs from demos, cracks, charity bundles, re-installs, etc, but absolutely no one trusts them at this point. Several devs have said they're switching engine, despite the large cost of that.

[-] DmMacniel@feddit.de 15 points 9 months ago

Or in the case of Unity for Web: any time the game is loaded.

[-] Caradoc879@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago

Retroactively?

[-] Serdan@lemm.ee 15 points 9 months ago

In the sense that it applies to games already released, but not to previous installs. Allegedly. One of the main problems with all of this is that detecting only "valid" installs is a very hard problem, if not impossible. Unity's attitude seems to be that devs just have to trust their numbers.

Additionally, some devs are reporting that they've been offered a pass on all this bs, if they switch to Unity's own ad platform.

[-] treadful@lemmy.zip 16 points 9 months ago

Familiar copypasta. What's the origin?

Not to be confused with capybara.

[-] Rooty@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago

I want to ride the capybara bus

[-] treadful@lemmy.zip 1 points 9 months ago

Saaaaame

[-] atocci@kbin.social 4 points 9 months ago

I will happily confuse anything with a capybara. Need more wasserschwein in my life.

[-] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 2 points 9 months ago

That would the only thing that could be worse: moving the Unity headquarters to Baltimore.

[-] epyon22@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago

Reminds me of https://youtu.be/53s13hXBX8w the intro to Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters

[-] Francis_Fujiwara@sh.itjust.works 0 points 9 months ago

It has to be a joke, right? this can't be real lmao

[-] RoadArchie@lemmy.ml 19 points 9 months ago

Sorry to disappoint: I made this.

[-] PlushySD@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

Are you John Riccitiello the CEO of Unity?

[-] RoadArchie@lemmy.ml 3 points 9 months ago

Yes

[-] can@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago

o7

[-] Sphks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 9 months ago

Twist: You work at Unity.

[-] skulblaka@kbin.social 9 points 9 months ago

This is a copypasta based heavily on Big Bill Hell's Cars which is the single greatest advertisement to ever exist.

[-] Andvari@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

It has to be, at least a couple dozen Fuck You's got left out

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