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Unity backtracks slightly on plans to charge developers for game installs (www.eurogamer.net)
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Game development engine Unity has U-turned on some parts of its hugely controversial plan to enforce fees on game creat…

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And seeing as how the CEO sold 2000 shares just days before this announcement, short-term profit really is all they’re in for.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

2000 shares is nothing

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The insider transaction history for Unity Software Inc shows a clear trend: over the past year, there have been 49 insider sells and no insider buys. This could be a red flag for potential investors, as it suggests that those with the most intimate knowledge of the company's operations and prospects are choosing to sell their shares

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

Ehh, the top folks at Google were all selling their maximum-permitted amount every window they got for a decade and the stock held up.

You typically don't need to buy shares as an insider, the company just prints more gambling slips -- er, I'm sorry, non-transferrable stock options -- and hands them out.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Or it just means they see it as compensation and are selling for taxes and expenses, not because they are worried about the long term direction of the company.

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

It's best part of $80k, it's still money made from insider trading.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No, it's probably just being sold to pay taxes.

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

Which is still money.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yes, but it doesn't rise to the level of "insider trading," which means using internal-only information to make trading decisions. If they sell these stocks regularly, on a schedule, in the same quantity, it's not insider trading.

And that's exactly what they're doing, you can see their trades, and they're consistent for about the same amount. So they're not trading because of changes going on internally, they're trading based on a schedule, probably because they need cash flow for some reason. My guess is taxes for their stock compensation.