cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/5340114
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Original Discussion^[lemmy.world/post/5057297]San Francisco police told Polygon that officers responded to Unity’s San Francisco office “regarding a threats incident.” A “reporting party” told police that “an employee made a threat towards his employer using social media.” The employee that made the threat works in an office outside of California, according to the police statement.
nosurprises@lemm.ee 1 year ago
I don’t know their motivation, but I imagine many people don’t want to see the project that they’ve been working on for years dead.
Jaysyn@kbin.social 1 year ago
Even better than fake, it's self-inflicted.
The fact that Unity board of directors haven't fired the CEO shows that they are A-OK with this.
Dettweiler42@lemmyonline.com 1 year ago
This is the problem with the shareholder mentality that’s ruining a lot of products and services. They don’t give a damn about the longevity of the company. They only care about money now; and as soon as things go sour, they’ll sell their shares and move on to the next company.
nosurprises@lemm.ee 1 year ago
That isn’t surprising at all. They gave him the job in the first place. And he’s trying to squeeze as much money as possible for them too.
Tacos_y_margaritas@lemmynsfw.com 1 year ago
Honestly, they’re probably in on it. Greed is all this is.
Treczoks@kbin.social 1 year ago
That, or an easy day off work.
li10@feddit.uk 1 year ago
I’m sure they’re gonna be getting many days off work now
tekila@lemmy.world 1 year ago
They were working from another office per the article.
WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I’ve been working on an indie game project for several years now and invested thousands of dollars into it. Fortunately, I had the foresight to use Godot for it, but if I’d used Unity instead I’d be completely screwed right now. Hell, I’m still using the 3.X branch of Godot because I figured that migrating everything to version 4 would be more trouble than it’s worth. Going to a completely new engine at this stage in development would be completely out of the question.
anlumo@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I’m sorry to stifle your expectations, but if you’re working on that project on your own, you’re very unlikely to reach the 200k/year revenue necessary to trigger this new pricing scheme.
tomatobeard@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Good luck with your game! Is it something public we could contribute to?
TheDarkKnight@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Could be stock options as well. I’d be shitty if part of my compensation was stock and I saw blatant mismanagement taking place.