According to the article only installs on new devices are counted.
Furthermore this only takes efrect after a certain threshold of income revenue and installs.
Comment on Unity adding a fee for devs for each time a game is installed, after certain thresholds
Walop@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
So… If the Unity’s secret spyware and algorithm suddenly decides to count an update as a new installation, you suddenly get slapped with a huge bill. Especially if you release multiple small patches and your whole player base is counted multiple times.
Zacryon@feddit.de 1 year ago
deadcade@lemmy.deadca.de 1 year ago
Ah yes, because it’s that difficult to spoof a new PC. You can run a tool similar to a kernel level anti cheat “ban bypass”, run the game, and cost the developer up to 20 cents. With a relatively simple script, this can be done many times per hour on a single PC, easily racking up cost for the developers.
This is a bad idea, no matter how you implement it. If it goes through, it will be abused.
Zacryon@feddit.de 1 year ago
Not arguing with that. I totally agree with you. Just wanted to correct the comment.
Walop@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
The clarification on Xitter states deleting and reinstalling is 2 charges, the same as installing to 2 different devices. twitter.com/stephentotilo/…/1701679721027633280?s…
Not_Alec_Baldwin@lemmy.world 1 year ago
That’s madness.
Imagine the player outcry being too just uninstall and reinstall games over she over to punish the devs.
dan1101@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Yeah as petty as some people are over games I can see a developer pissing them off and a bunch of players banding together to uninstall and reinstall games over and over. They could even script it. Bad idea all around.
Ktanaqui@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Except that that is a back pedal on their part and their FAQ plainly says they actually have no way of tracking what is a new install versus a re-install; which is why they decided to count all installs to begin with.
Natanael@slrpnk.net 1 year ago
Also piracy lmao