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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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[–] MJBrune@beehaw.org 31 points 2 years ago

Far too late to put the toothpaste back in the tube.

[–] style99@kbin.social 30 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.

[–] Centillionaire@kbin.social 14 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.

[–] Chariotwheel@kbin.social 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.

[–] apemint@kbin.social 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.

This is just part of the script now.

[–] Tathas@programming.dev 18 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] GunnarRunnar@kbin.social 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

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

[–] 1984@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

It seemed clear they were going "as far as it gets".

[–] ezures@lemmy.wtf 1 points 2 years ago

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

[–] sirico@feddit.uk 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.

[–] luthis@lemmy.nz 9 points 2 years ago

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

[–] Onii-Chan@kbin.social 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."

[–] dingleberry@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 2 years ago

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

[–] wave_walnut@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago

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

[–] luthis@lemmy.nz 3 points 2 years ago

Too late motherfuckers.

[–] CharlesReed@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

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