After a complete disaster a while ago that saw many developers jump-ship, and cause a huge PR problem, Unity have now cancelled the Runtime Fee.

I don’t think that will restore the trust though

  • BillDaCatt@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    7 days ago

    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.

  • Zabby [he/him]@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    7 days ago

    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.

    • woelkchen@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      7 days ago

      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”.

      • Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.techEnglish
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        7 days ago

        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?

          • Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.techEnglish
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            7 days 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.