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deranger@sh.itjust.works 9 months agoI’m saying that whole production concept is flawed. You’re at the mercy of a single company. You don’t need to explain it further than that. You’ve centralized and specialized too much. It’s naive to assume they aren’t going to squeeze developers again.
Good luck to those who stay on Unity, you’re going to have a similar issue later down the line until they wear you out.
Elderos@lemmings.world 9 months ago
That is just reductionism. The post above yours went above and beyond to explain why they can’t just change the engine. For a lot of business it would mean bankruptcy now. So you understand that given the choice between bankruptcy now or maybe being squeezed again by Unity later, the latter is still more an attractive option, right?
deranger@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
They’ve got you perfectly situated for exploitation. You’re rationalizing sticking with an abusive partner.
Elderos@lemmings.world 9 months ago
So better go bankrupt and lose your business and everything you built right now without trying, right? How pragmatic.
Hiccup@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 months ago
Lose your business now or lose it later, what’s the difference? Unity is basically behaving like the mafia. The installation fee is protection money. Fuck 'em.
Elderos@lemmings.world 9 months ago
Calm down. It is a shit move and a break of trust but very, very few business will be bankrupted by those actual fees. You guys here are outraged but you have no stake in this, it is easy to claim that you’d burn your company to the ground to get rid of Unity, but there is a reason why only the rich indies are going to ditch Unity short-term.