stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to Technology@lemmy.world · 1 year ago"Fuck you, we're not paying": inside Unity’s Runtime Fee fiascomobilegamer.bizexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up1328arrow-down14file-textcross-posted to: games@sh.itjust.works
arrow-up1324arrow-down1external-link"Fuck you, we're not paying": inside Unity’s Runtime Fee fiascomobilegamer.bizstopthatgirl7@kbin.social to Technology@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square19fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: games@sh.itjust.works
A major partner told John Riccitiello personally that it will not pay the Runtime Fee – and in the strongest possible terms.
minus-squareEl Barto@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·1 year ago Corps devoting their resources to lobby against FOSS. That has been a decades long battle. They’ll never win the war. Microsoft was 100% against Linux 15 years ago. Now there is a Linux subsystem sitting next to the core of the OS.
minus-squareDosDude👾@retrolemmy.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·1 year agoAnd honestly it seems like FOSS solutions are way more usable these days. In the old days it was a huge hit in either features or UI.
minus-squareqaz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoYes, they’ve taken an “if you can’t beat them, join them” approach to FOSS for a while now.
That has been a decades long battle. They’ll never win the war.
Microsoft was 100% against Linux 15 years ago. Now there is a Linux subsystem sitting next to the core of the OS.
And honestly it seems like FOSS solutions are way more usable these days. In the old days it was a huge hit in either features or UI.
Yes, they’ve taken an “if you can’t beat them, join them” approach to FOSS for a while now.