Fuck this is going to do a number on the talk I'm preparing for GCAP.
If you haven't seen the news, they changed from 'pay a subscription for the editor' to 'pay per user install'.
Leaving aside the massive and obvious insider trading by their top brass this is deadly for devs. Once you've sold more than the threshold, you have to pay unity per install... not per user, per install... including reinstalls, forever.
This means that if you release a game, that causes controversy... people can do far worse than reviewbomb it. They can actually just fucking bankrupt you by making a script that installs the game, deletes it, runs it and reinstalls it.
For devs, pulling your game from sale isn't even a viable recourse as users who've already bought the game can still cost you money.
I've used the engine for over half my career but with these changes I have to say... if there's a chance you'll possibly break the payment threshold... it's too dangerous to use.
Once again. Fuck you John Ricchatello, you sank pandemic and now you're sinking Unity.