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Unity cancels the stupid Runtime Fee (www.gamingonlinux.com)
submitted 2 years ago* by to c/games@sh.itjust.works
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I don’t think that will restore the trust though

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[–] 115 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Uhhh... You can't unring a bell 😂

I understand that this new CEO has been dealt a pretty shit hand and is doing their best. But, I doubt they'll win back many people that have already migrated to new tools.

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  • [–] 35 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I doubt they’ll win back many people that have already migrated to new tools.

    Probably the developers who didn't migrate away don't care about the fee at all and the one who left would probably think something along the lines of "I learned a new engine and who's to say they won't pull the same shit again".

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  • [–] 20 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Plus for most "this new engine is free forever and built by other developers like me". Why would anyone want to switch back after learning it?

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  • [+] -10 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Free forever, until it's not

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  • [–] 37 points 2 years ago*

    Godot is, because it's open source. If the maintainers ever wanted to close source it, someone forks it and it continues on.

    Gitea just tried that earlier this year (or last). Owners tried to make it for profit, community forked it, created Forgejo, and we continue on under that name now.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago

    Nope, Godot is open source, the current version can never become paid. If someone decided to make the next versions paid the community would just fork it and keep working on the free version. It's happened with some other projects in the past.

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  • [–] 33 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    With massive decisions like this that fundamentally screw up the company's perception by clients, the CEO isn't the only one to look at, they're just the scapegoat.

    Always need to see what happened with the rest of the Board of Directors. Are those the same people? The CEO works for the Board.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago

    In some ways the Board being the same is a good thing, since it means they remember that they can't try to pull this shit again.

    Of course it also means they had (or supported) the stupid idea, so they'll probably try to pull something similar again.

    Really no matter what it means keep an extra eye on Unity. When it comes time to evaluate engines this incident should always show up on the con side.

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    • [–] 48 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Far too late, people now know that better alternatives that respect their users exist. Sure massive corpos will still use unity but it's not the indie darling it once was.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Have people started to use Godot more?

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    • [–] 45 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I am not a developer but I do sometimes recommend software to end users. Unity is dead to me. I will never recommend Unity to anyone for any reason.

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    • [–] 34 points 2 years ago

    Godot you say? Got it.

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    [–] 13 points 2 years ago

    They're only just now cancelling that ridiculous fee? I swear I thought they cancelled that dumb idea a bit ago.

    You've opened a door that you cannot close, Unity.

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    [–] 10 points 2 years ago

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    [–] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    Maybe we can finally get a switch version of BallisticNG, they had to shut that down because nintendo version gates unity game releases, and they couldn't update the engine without switching to the new license.

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    [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    I doubt enough people really switched...

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    [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Too little too late

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