RIP Unity. First they partnered with Ironsource. Who are the people behind InstallCore it's a wrapper for bundling software installations. It tricks people into installing enough browser toolbars and other bloat to hurt their PCs. Windows Defender and MalwareBytes blocks it. Now Unity does this shit.
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Godot FTW
Darn! Beat me to it! Been using it for 7 years after switching from unity and haven't looked back!
The enshittification of the tech industry continues...who's next? Place your bets.
As soon as AV2/H.266 becomes standard, i'd say Youtube would be at risk.
Edit: Added AV2 to my comment.
How would that make youtube worse?
They'll find a way, I'm sure
I'm not saying that AV2/H.266 would make Youtube worse.
I'm implying AV2/H.266 would allow us to migrate to a platform other than Youtube.
Edit: Added AV2 to my comment
Why do we need h.266 for that? (Looking at PeerTube)
Why would that be? If h265 is anything to go by, MPEG will probably charge an arm and a leg for h266, and the entire industry will pivot away from MPEG and move to AV2. I'm not even sure YouTube will ever implement h266
I had completly forgotten about AV2, my bad.
Wikipedia incorporates pay-to-win mechanics, lootboxes, microtransactions and cosmetics. There will also be a convoluted crafting system with decaying materials and several incompatible currencies for every purpose imaginable.
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And that's how Unreal become a monopoly in 3d game development
What a gift for epic games. Glad I never wasted my time learning Unity.
Yep, hopefully Godot ends up being the real winner, because with as many AAA studios that have started to abandon their own in-house engines in favor of Unreal, it's starting to feel a bit like Epic is going to end up with more than a healthy share of the market.
The cheapest ad campaign for Unreal Engine in history lmao
Goodbye, unity. It's been okayish.
I'm going to install games heaps of times so I can bankrupt any small game companies
You you really are a jerk Spez.
I was shocked until I read the username
Calm down, Satan.
The in game ads already do that these days.
Just try to hit that X, haha, tricked you! Installing.
Any touch of the phone for 30 seconds auto installs...
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From a Cybersecurity point of view, I think this is a legit attack. Imagine a server that has many virtual machines, all of which automatically trigger the reinstall mechanism as fast as possible.
If there is not some kind of limitation on that rule, depending on how their mechanism works, you could cost the game creater a lot of money.
Why tech companies keep getting worse and worse and worse?
Do you know how many times I install and uninstall a game before I even play it? I could probably destroy a small game company on my own with this fee structure, and I'm sure I'm not alone with the constant installing and uninstalling.
Where were you when unity killed itself?
On the shitter. That's when I browse the news at least.
As if Epic needed any more help completely obliterating Unity in every conceivable way.
The entire Unity userbase:
Must have come from the Reddit play book
I brought this up in another thread:
They expect Game Pass titles to have their bill footed by Microsoft.
There's kicking the nest, and then there's kicking the fucking queen bee.
I mean what are they going to do with xcloud plays? Is it just 1 install on the remote Xbox or does it count per player, which means it’s an install every single time someone plays?
I imagine a lot of the doomsday stuff people are saying are not going to come to pass (and some will!). But it’s this kind of ambiguity that always leads to this kind of speculation.
Good way to kill your business. Way to go, you greedy jerks.
Finally, the company announced that it’s discontinuing Unity Plus subscriptions starting today to “simplify the number of plans we offer.” It says existing members on that tier will receive “an offer to upgrade to Unity Pro, for one year, at the current Unity Plus price” via email in mid-October.
Well sssshhhiitt
Time for Godot to shine brighter
Is this a cry for help? Do we need to get them some therapy?
As someone who's been following Unity's development since 2.0, this doesn't surprise me. They've always struck me as a company that doesn't care about developers. And while all companies are trying to make money, there's a difference between "pay for our product because we need money to operate" and "we love Adobe's subscription model and want to outdo them - and we will squeeze you as much as possible." Have a little heart, Unity.
Fuck unity tech, they haven't made a single intelligent decision in 10 years.
The engine was perfectly fine and they ruined ALL OF IT.
I wasted so much fucking time because of them, everything they do is garbage.
Just let them go bankrupcy.
Coincidentally, right when ex ea CEO John riccitiello joined
Can't wait to see what damage control mode looks like on this one.
Just another example of 2023: Enshittification.
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(I commented in the wrong thread, but am still getting upvotes...)
Don't worry, Devs. I won't be buying any unity trash ever again.
They do know unreal engine 5 is a thing, yeah?
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