This is of course not including the yearly Unity subscription, where Unity Pro costs $2,040 per seat (although they may have Enterprise pricing)
Absolutely ridiculous. Many Unity devs are saying they're switching engines on social media.
Except it doesn't matter. No matter how hard of a pursuit it is, it is one you have to do because you don't have any other choice at this point. You can't let corporations dominate humanity because building meaningful alternatives is "too hard". People are the ones who build those engines in the first place and if that means you have to bust ass learning comp sci to do it yourself or contribute to an effort doing it, you still have to do it.
Nothing in life is easy. Do the research, learn the skillsets and material you need, and do it. No matter how hard or expensive it is, now you have to put in the work and the money.
It's either that or serfdom. Your choice. I won't lose any sleep if you refuse to though -- I'll just use Godot, add to it when I need and move on from you myself. It's up to you whether you're gonna do the same and save yourself.