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Game development engine Unity has U-turned on some parts of its hugely controversial plan to enforce fees on game creat…

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[–] anteaters@feddit.de 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Unity is an application to spy on users and show them ads. Often there is some sort of game involved, but I think that is just coincidence.

[–] SSUPII@sopuli.xyz 32 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Not every Unity game is a generic free mobile game

[–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Kerbal Space Program, an awesome game that simulates the construction of space vehicles and the physics of an entire solar system hyper-realistically, was developed in Unity. I am waiting on their dev team's word on this.

[–] anteaters@feddit.de 5 points 1 year ago

I know KSP. I also know KSP 2 which has the same physics bugs and limitations KSP 1 had with Unity. I know there are many "proper" games made in Unity but if the Unity company can detect your customers installing the game it is a huge red privacy flag.