Unity’s New Pricing: A Wake-Up Call on the Importance of Open Source in Gaming

Re:Unity’s New Pricing: A Wake-Up Call on the Importance of ... by harles on Friday September 15, 2023 @11:28AM (#37524516)

I think this comes down to ambitions. Unity wanted to be an advertising company and when that goal started slipping away, they did something drastic. Epic wants to be a store and a virtual production platform. Who knows what they’ll do if those goals seem impossible.

It’s also worth remembering that Epic isn’t the good guy here. When incentives align, most corporations are capable of some pretty awful stuff. With Epic specifically they made accidental purchases in Fortnite very easy and then intentionally buried the refund button outside the store under an obscure settings page [0].

[0]: https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2022/12/...

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Re:Unity’s New Pricing: A Wake-Up Call on the Importance of ... by bcrosby95 on Friday September 15, 2023 @11:36AM (#37524653)

Unity didn't always want to be an advertising company. Epic didn't always want to be a store and virtual product platform.

Ambitions change. And you're subject to the whims of the ambitions of those with more power.

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Re:Unity’s New Pricing: A Wake-Up Call on the Importance of ... by autoexec on Friday September 15, 2023 @01:57PM (#37526819)

> Unity wanted to be an advertising company and when that goal started slipping away, they did something drastic. Epic wants to be a store and a virtual production platform.

Epic "being a store" just happens to allow them to collect a ton of personal data and push a whole lot of ads. Seems like they want to be in advertising too.

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