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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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[-] sickday@kbin.social 66 points 2 years ago

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@lemmy.world 33 points 2 years ago

This is what libertarians call innovation.

[-] Lemminary@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago

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

[-] jballs@sh.itjust.works 18 points 2 years 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".

this post was submitted on 13 Sep 2023
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