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Unity deleted these terms, don't let them get out (lemmy.today)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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From The Internet Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20201111183311/https://github.com/Unity-Technologies/TermsOfService/blob/master/Unity%20Software%20Additional%20Terms.md

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Any idea of why Unity did this?

I mean, they'll generate some short term cash, sure, but they just lost their entire customer base. No developer of any size can take on the liability and risk of working with Unity again, even if Unity realizes how badly they screwed this up and reverts this.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

The current Unity-CEO is the Ex-CEO of Electronic Arts, under him EA was named "Worst Company in America" two consecutive times in 2012 and 2013 by Consumerist Magazine and he's on record saying that game devs that don't focus on microtransactions are "the biggest fucking idiots".

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Most likely to sell ads. Apparently the whole “pay us for every install” thing will be waived if the developer will be using their ad platform.