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Unity backtracks slightly on plans to charge developers for game installs (www.eurogamer.net)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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Game development engine Unity has U-turned on some parts of its hugely controversial plan to enforce fees on game creat…

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[–] [email protected] 66 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What an interesting year. This has to be the 4th or 5th large tech-centric company that's

  1. introduced some really shitty policy
  2. pissed off it's consumers
  3. then backtracks to some degree after backlash

Just like every other company that's done this, the backtrack is likely meant to appease the consumers before the policy gets re-introduced later. Perhaps with slightly different wording.

[–] InternetCitizen2 33 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This is what libertarians call innovation.

[–] Lemminary 0 points 1 year ago

I'm so, so tired of them, tbh.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago

The back tracking isn't even a reversal. They just said they were going to keep the charges but try to reduce the impact of "install bombing".