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This is of course not including the yearly Unity subscription, where Unity Pro costs $2,040 per seat (although they may have Enterprise pricing)

Absolutely ridiculous. Many Unity devs are saying they're switching engines on social media.

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[–] BetaDoggo_@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So if you don't renew your subscription the new tax won't effect you? From my understanding the change was retroactive and effected all previous unity games. If you don't release a new build after the change will the tax still be applied?

[–] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They're not gonna be able to charge you if you don't have an active subscription

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 8 points 1 year ago

What about charging per download/install after the threshold? It sure sounds like it won't matter if you're subscribed or not, as their announcement mentioned Personal licenses would be charged USD 0,20 per download after the 200k lifetime