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[–] [email protected] 75 points 1 year ago (2 children)

"Runtime fee" is the most idiotic thing I've ever heard im the programming world, I think we hit a new record of low

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

Beyond what this means for Unity and the indie gaming scene, I'm concerned about copycats.

With how big Unity is for hobbyists, I'm worried this might have an "Apple" effect, where other runtimes (even non-gaming related) begin to try this.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I've heard of proprietary code libraries before with expensive licensing, but still nothing this dumb