I don’t think that will restore the trust though
Uhhh… You can’t unring a bell 😂
I understand that this new CEO has been dealt a pretty shit hand and is doing their best. But, I doubt they’ll win back many people that have already migrated to new tools.
I doubt they’ll win back many people that have already migrated to new tools.
Probably the developers who didn’t migrate away don’t care about the fee at all and the one who left would probably think something along the lines of “I learned a new engine and who’s to say they won’t pull the same shit again”.
Plus for most “this new engine is free forever and built by other developers like me”. Why would anyone want to switch back after learning it?
With massive decisions like this that fundamentally screw up the company’s perception by clients, the CEO isn’t the only one to look at, they’re just the scapegoat.
Always need to see what happened with the rest of the Board of Directors. Are those the same people? The CEO works for the Board.
In some ways the Board being the same is a good thing, since it means they remember that they can’t try to pull this shit again.
Of course it also means they had (or supported) the stupid idea, so they’ll probably try to pull something similar again.
Really no matter what it means keep an extra eye on Unity. When it comes time to evaluate engines this incident should always show up on the con side.
Far too late, people now know that better alternatives that respect their users exist. Sure massive corpos will still use unity but it’s not the indie darling it once was.
I am not a developer but I do sometimes recommend software to end users. Unity is dead to me. I will never recommend Unity to anyone for any reason.
Godot you say? Got it.
They’re only just now cancelling that ridiculous fee? I swear I thought they cancelled that dumb idea a bit ago.
You’ve opened a door that you cannot close, Unity.
