After a complete disaster a while ago that saw many developers jump-ship, and cause a huge PR problem, Unity have now cancelled the Runtime Fee.

I don’t think that will restore the trust though

  • Zabby [he/him]@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    71·
    7 months ago

    Uhhh… You can’t unring a bell 😂

    I understand that this new CEO has been dealt a pretty shit hand and is doing their best. But, I doubt they’ll win back many people that have already migrated to new tools.

    • woelkchen@lemmy.worldEnglish
      23·
      7 months ago

      I doubt they’ll win back many people that have already migrated to new tools.

      Probably the developers who didn’t migrate away don’t care about the fee at all and the one who left would probably think something along the lines of “I learned a new engine and who’s to say they won’t pull the same shit again”.

      • ExtraMedicated@lemmy.worldEnglish
        25·
        7 months ago

        I didn’t migrate yet because I was five years into a project that I can only work on in my spare time, but you can bet that if I ever start another game, I’m looking at a different engine.

    • halcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldEnglish
      191·
      7 months ago

      With massive decisions like this that fundamentally screw up the company’s perception by clients, the CEO isn’t the only one to look at, they’re just the scapegoat.

      Always need to see what happened with the rest of the Board of Directors. Are those the same people? The CEO works for the Board.

      • MimicJar@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        7 months ago

        In some ways the Board being the same is a good thing, since it means they remember that they can’t try to pull this shit again.

        Of course it also means they had (or supported) the stupid idea, so they’ll probably try to pull something similar again.

        Really no matter what it means keep an extra eye on Unity. When it comes time to evaluate engines this incident should always show up on the con side.

  • als@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    34·
    7 months ago

    Far too late, people now know that better alternatives that respect their users exist. Sure massive corpos will still use unity but it’s not the indie darling it once was.

      • fsxylo@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        13·
        7 months ago

        I went to Godot so now Unity can’t hurt me anymore.

        And even if Godot turns to shit I can either fork or stay with my current version.

      • cm0002@lemmy.worldEnglish
        7·
        7 months ago

        Yes, they also just had a major release a few months ago that addressed some pain points, especially with building/interacting with UI/UX stuffs

  • BillDaCatt@lemmy.worldEnglish
    301·
    7 months ago

    I am not a developer but I do sometimes recommend software to end users. Unity is dead to me. I will never recommend Unity to anyone for any reason.