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John Riccitiello steps down as CEO of Unity after pricing battle (venturebeat.com)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The news isn’t a surprise as Unity angered a lot of its loyal game developers a few weeks ago after pushing through a price increase based on numbers of downloads — and then retracted it after an uproar.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Whether or not it was his idea is irrelevant, he's the one who approved it.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I mean, realistically these days nothing gets done without the investment boards decision. Investors control fucking everything, and IMO are directly the root cause of the enshitification of everything.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

Sure. And whether he was a sacrificial goat here is not for us to know. But let's not pretend that the CEO had no responsibility.