Why's it always end up being fucking ads?
I hate late stage capitalism. I want off Mr. Bones' Wild Ride.
this post was submitted on 14 Sep 2023
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Shareholders prefer constant steady income over one time purchases. Hence why they prefer subscriptions and ads.
Well... Peasants need this hot thing called voting with your feet and money...
Amazing things can be done esp in 100% discretionary sectors.
But nahh...
I know they do, and I hate it so so much...
Well yeah. Subscriptions make a shitload of money compared to a one-time payment.
That's why I'm gonna buy Procreate Dreams even if I'm not an animator.
This is such a dumb move.
Forget about ethics for a minute, if there is an alternate option that doesn't cost as much money then developers would obviously make use of that option so in any environment where alternate options exist companies have a limit of how obnoxious they can be and get away with it.
Somehow unity forgot that Unreal and Godot exist.
AppLovin? What kind of a stupid name is that? What, are they trying to be an Irish R&B singer?
It was either that or Mohammed
They hired the same marketing firm to come up with a name that McDonalds' used.
The conspiracy theorist in me says Unity planned this whole thing out to get less resistance on this thing they actually wanted to roll out; announce a super shit change that will intentionally outrage everybody, then say “ok, we won’t do it if you agree to use this other shitty model instead”.
Anyways, big shoutout to Godot for existing as an open-source alternative.
Elon Musk: speedruns enshittification on Xitter
Unity: "Hold my beer"
Hey remember that time Unity bought IronSource so they could integrate ads more aggressively? Unity stopped being a game engine at some point they're just an ads company now
Lol nope. Not even fucking close. You’re gonna die, Unity. You have only yourself to blame.
Ooh yeah FOSS forever!
How many times are developers going to put up with being used as sticks for one group of rich assholes to whack a different group of rich assholes with before we start supporting open platforms?
I think among us 2 just restarted development, what a shame exactly 0 cents with go to unity
That's worse, you fucking assholes.