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[–] Restaldt@lemm.ee 77 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The infinite money dried up. Now they are out of ideas on how to make a profit because they werent before.

[–] derpgon@programming.dev 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Also investors pushing for higher profit margins. Unity is publicly traded company.

[–] Sethayy@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago

and poor parsec just got bought by unity, definitely gonna go down with the ship for profit

[–] hackitfast@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So the companies "aren't making enough money", which means they don't have enough to pay us, which means we don't have enough to spend on them.

Hmm.

[–] dandi8@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

They only "don't have enough to pay us" insofar as they don't have enough to pay us without sacrificing record high profits or CEO salaries.