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ZeroCool@feddit.ch to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 年前

Unity will start charging developers each time their game is installed

www.engadget.com

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Unity will start charging developers each time their game is installed

www.engadget.com

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Unity announced a new fee structure today, and developers are none too happy. “We are introducing a Unity Runtime Fee that is based upon each time a qualifying game is downloaded by an end user,” the company wrote in a blog post announcing the change.
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  • Hal-5700X@lemmy.world
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    RIP Unity. First they partnered with Ironsource. Who are the people behind InstallCore it’s a wrapper for bundling software installations. It tricks people into installing enough browser toolbars and other bloat to hurt their PCs. Windows Defender and MalwareBytes blocks it. Now Unity does this shit.

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    Godot FTW

    • PostalDude@links.hackliberty.org
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      Darn! Beat me to it! Been using it for 7 years after switching from unity and haven’t looked back!

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    The enshittification of the tech industry continues…who’s next? Place your bets.

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      As soon as AV2/H.266 becomes standard, i’d say Youtube would be at risk.

      Edit: Added AV2 to my comment.

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        How would that make youtube worse?

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          They’ll find a way, I’m sure

        • Granixo@feddit.cl
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          I’m not saying that AV2/H.266 would make Youtube worse.

          I’m implying AV2/H.266 would allow us to migrate to a platform other than Youtube.

          Edit: Added AV2 to my comment

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            Why do we need h.266 for that? (Looking at PeerTube)

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            Why would that be? If h265 is anything to go by, MPEG will probably charge an arm and a leg for h266, and the entire industry will pivot away from MPEG and move to AV2. I’m not even sure YouTube will ever implement h266

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              I had completly forgotten about AV2, my bad.

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      Wikipedia incorporates pay-to-win mechanics, lootboxes, microtransactions and cosmetics. There will also be a convoluted crafting system with decaying materials and several incompatible currencies for every purpose imaginable.

      • zipzoopaboop@lemmynsfw.com
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        You have successfully hurt my soul, well done

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    deleted by creator

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    What a gift for epic games. Glad I never wasted my time learning Unity.

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      Yep, hopefully Godot ends up being the real winner, because with as many AAA studios that have started to abandon their own in-house engines in favor of Unreal, it’s starting to feel a bit like Epic is going to end up with more than a healthy share of the market.

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      The cheapest ad campaign for Unreal Engine in history lmao

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        Or arguably, the most expensive. Just not for Epic.

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    Goodbye, unity. It’s been okayish.

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    I’m going to install games heaps of times so I can bankrupt any small game companies

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      You you really are a jerk Spez.

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      I was shocked until I read the username

    • wabafee@lemm.ee
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      Calm down, Satan.

    • postmateDumbass@lemmy.world
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      The in game ads already do that these days.

      Just try to hit that X, haha, tricked you! Installing.

      Any touch of the phone for 30 seconds auto installs…

      • Gianmarco Gargiulo@feddit.it
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        Use a firewall app to block that game from accessing the internet (this obviously defeats the purpose of online multiplayer games.)

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      From a Cybersecurity point of view, I think this is a legit attack. Imagine a server that has many virtual machines, all of which automatically trigger the reinstall mechanism as fast as possible.

      If there is not some kind of limitation on that rule, depending on how their mechanism works, you could cost the game creater a lot of money.

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    Why tech companies keep getting worse and worse and worse?

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      Enshittification

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        deleted by creator

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    Do you know how many times I install and uninstall a game before I even play it? I could probably destroy a small game company on my own with this fee structure, and I’m sure I’m not alone with the constant installing and uninstalling.

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    Where were you when unity killed itself?

    • VonReposti@feddit.dk
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      On the shitter. That’s when I browse the news at least.

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    The entire Unity userbase:

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    As if Epic needed any more help completely obliterating Unity in every conceivable way.

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    I brought this up in another thread:

    They expect Game Pass titles to have their bill footed by Microsoft.

    There’s kicking the nest, and then there’s kicking the fucking queen bee.

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      I mean what are they going to do with xcloud plays? Is it just 1 install on the remote Xbox or does it count per player, which means it’s an install every single time someone plays?

      I imagine a lot of the doomsday stuff people are saying are not going to come to pass (and some will!). But it’s this kind of ambiguity that always leads to this kind of speculation.

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    Must have come from the Reddit play book

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    Good way to kill your business. Way to go, you greedy jerks.

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