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Unity to introduce runtime fee based on installs (blog.unity.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/programming
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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

From what I understand there is also a risk that pirated copies could count. It's hard to see how Unity can effectively defend against it.

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

It's clear that they haven't bothered to actually think any of this through.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Or they have but the potential profit outweighs potential negative PR.