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Unity isn't really worth 9 billion imo.

I would like MS to buy them out and FOSS the engine. Maybe if they split the ad business off into its own thing.

Unity feels like a bizarre almost abusing business relationship. They can change the terms of service at will.

The licensing is confusing. Billy is a freelancer. He makes a small game for his friend company. His friends company raises a funding round.

Depending on how much money is raised, Unity is going to call Billy up and extort him to upgrade to a higher license tier.

I don't particularly like Godot, but every few months I try and learn it again.

The game engine landscape is like picking the least worst option.

All that to be fair, Unity provided a high quality game engine for effectively nothing for over a decade to the vast majority of its users. It's time to pay the piper.




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