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Re:Unity U-turns on controversial runtime fee and begs forgi... by shmatt on Tuesday September 26, 2023 @12:42PM (#37661936)
I wrote a similar comment yesterday but worth noting again. This isn't the usual group of MBAs looking for a quick buck. These are the people who have come in from ironSource. A company who has made billions by attaching malware in disguise to personal computers[1]. Executives who green lit projects like mentioned in this post really don't care about their users, its all about maximizing profits while stepping on everyone else

[1] https://www.benedelman.org/news-021815/

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Re:Unity U-turns on controversial runtime fee and begs forgi... by Sohcahtoa82 on Tuesday September 26, 2023 @12:52PM (#37662135)
> This isn't the usual group of MBAs looking for a quick buck.

> Executives who green lit projects like mentioned in this post really don't care about their users, its all about maximizing profits while stepping on everyone else

Uh...that sounds exactly like a group of MBAs looking for a quick buck.

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Re:Unity U-turns on controversial runtime fee and begs forgi... by cacois on Tuesday September 26, 2023 @01:51PM (#37663144)
I think the implication was that this is a more insidious "milk them for all they are worth, damn the consequences" group
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Re:Unity U-turns on controversial runtime fee and begs forgi... by mcv on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @02:11AM (#37670808)
I think it's the difference between a shortsighted strategy to make a quick buck while running a brand into the ground, and making Unity a tool in a long term strategy to dominate the ad market.
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Re:Unity U-turns on controversial runtime fee and begs forgi... by qwytw on Tuesday September 26, 2023 @01:51PM (#37663141)
> This isn't the usual group of MBAs looking for a quick buck. These are the people who have come in from ironSource

I'm sure that Riccitello and Unity's execs who didn't come from IronSource are more than capable of coming up with something like this.

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