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Unity will quietly waive controversial fees if developers switch to its ad monetisation service - report (www.eurogamer.net)

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A fresh report into Unity's hugely-controversial decision to start charging developers when their games are downloaded has thrown fresh light on the situation.

MobileGamer sources say Unity has already offered some studios a 100% fee waiver - if they switch over to Unity's own LevelPlay ad platform.

The report quotes industry consultants that say this move is an "attempt to destroy" Unity's main competitior in this field: AppLovin.

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[-] echodot@feddit.uk 12 points 1 year ago

The problem is because you pay per install you could end up owing Unity more money than you actually make. Especially if people uninstall and reinstall your game a bunch of times for whatever reason.

[-] UltraFiestaMango@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago

sounds like a good way to protest

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