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John Riccitiello steps down as CEO of Unity after pricing battle (venturebeat.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by fer0n@lemm.ee to c/technology@beehaw.org

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The news isn’t a surprise as Unity angered a lot of its loyal game developers a few weeks ago after pushing through a price increase based on numbers of downloads — and then retracted it after an uproar.

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[–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean, realistically these days nothing gets done without the investment boards decision. Investors control fucking everything, and IMO are directly the root cause of the enshitification of everything.

[–] Naatan@lemmy.one 7 points 1 year ago

Sure. And whether he was a sacrificial goat here is not for us to know. But let's not pretend that the CEO had no responsibility.