Submitted 1 year ago by L4s@lemmy.world [bot] to technology@lemmy.world
https://www.wired.com/story/unity-walks-back-policies-lost-trust/
Unity May Never Win Back the Developers It Lost in Its Fee Debacle::Even though the company behind the wildly popular game engine walked back its controversial new fee policy, the damage is done.
It’s the trust thermocline again. When will companies learn to do more ground level research before pulling bullshit like this.
Unity could get them back if they fired their CEO, John Riticello
don’t forget: calling devs idiots
Nope, don’t care.
Yeah, I know. I just want them to fire the asshole anyway.
Yep. No matter the CEO. The fact the even can do it means they’ll probably try.
Once they cheat on you, you can’t trust them again.
Am not sure why anyone would stay with them at this point. Even if they have a huge project which is massively popular, they have every reason to move away from them since they wanted to apply those changes retroactively. Imagine if they came up with half a million in fees years after your project has stopped selling and you have invested money into new project or elsewhere. Sure, it might be illegal to do so, but good luck fighting them in court.
New projects I wouldn’t even think twice. They backpedaled on this occasion but their goal is clear and there was no guarantee they won’t try this kind of thing again which leads me to thinking it’s only a matter of time when they will try more sneakily to squeeze changes in.
Trust is a very strong but brittle thing. Once broken it tends to shatter like glass. I’m sure this situation would feel like a sword of Damocles to anyone who has significant investment in the unity platform, and who would want to voluntarily walk into such a position now?
good.
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 year ago
I’d hope not. I hope the devs realize that its a gamble to put all your eggs in one basket