ChariotwheelSep 15, 2023

Unity boycott begins as devs switch off ads to force a Runtime Fee reversal - Mobilegamer.biz

Mobile game developers are now boycotting Unity by switching off its ad products, mobilegamer.biz can reveal....

https://mobilegamer.biz/unity-boycott-begins-as-devs-switch-off-ads-to-force-a-runtime-fee-reversal/

Unity boycott begins as devs switch off ads to force a Runtime Fee reversal - Mobilegamer.biz

Azur Games, Voodoo, Homa, Century Games, SayGames, CrazyLabs, Original Games, Playgendary and more are turning off all Unity ad monetisation to force a u-turn.

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Show threadwoelkchen
They turned off ads? Great. Can that be a standoff that lasts forever?
Sep 15, 2023 at 12:51pmWeb
Show threadvladSep 15, 2023
I bet it’ll last less time then the reddit standoff. But I do wish them all of the luck. Fuck Unity and their bullshit fees.
Show threadEpicurus0319Sep 15, 2023
But hey, at least they didn’t give it a set end date; from the very start of their “strike” the reddit mods couldn’t stay away from their unpaid powertrips and leave their octogenerian mothers’ basements for more than 2 days, and instantly folded at a single empty threat to take away the only thing in their lives that gives them purpose and makes them feel like they wield power over others.
Show threadChariotwheelSep 15, 2023
Don't shove us all under the same rug. I packed my bags, shred my old comments and posts and went into the Fediverse.
Show threadEpicurus0319Sep 15, 2023
You were the exception not the rule
Show threadDaGeek247Sep 15, 2023
Nope. Content creators, the ones doing all the talking on reddit, definitely left. Check out this graph of posts per day on r/askreddit
Show threadEpicurus0319Sep 15, 2023
Sorry for the triple post, lag got me
Show threadbe_excellent_to_each_otherSep 15, 2023
From what I've heard, a lot of it is bot posts now. So if you subtract out the bots I wonder if that delta gets even bigger.
Show threadzecgSep 18, 2023

Don’t shove us all under the same rug. I packed my bags, shred my old comments and posts and went into the Fediverse.

There’s dozens of us. DOZENS!

Show threadsibachianSep 15, 2023
eh? do people still use reddit even? last i heard they have employees actively create threads now to try and keep engagement going.
Show threadEpicurus0319Sep 15, 2023
Now it’s down to just the low-effort memes, ”religious people bad” circlejerks, unhelpful advice, and edgy 14 year olds who just discovered politics, think homophobia and fragile masculinity are “based”, and think communism is when you hate your home country because something something pronouns, know 2 russian words (both obscenities), have been playing too many WW2-themed games and say comrade every 4 seconds.
Show threadCaptainAnikiSep 15, 2023
Don’t forget that same 14 year old will call you a tankie if you disagree with them in the slightest bit and then you’ll get downvote bombed because you went against the hive-mind of “coddle everyone!”
Show threadEpicurus0319Sep 15, 2023
Despite usually being one himself
Show threadJBloodthornSep 15, 2023
Don't forget the 4+ "rate me" subs that started hitting the front page every day.
Show threadEpicurus0319Sep 15, 2023
Ah yes, the horny college kids with too much free time
Show threadEpicurus0319Sep 15, 2023
Ah yes, the horny college kids with too much free time
Show threadEpicurus0319Sep 15, 2023
Ah yes, the horny college kids and divorcees over 50 with too much free time
Show threadRentlarSep 15, 2023

Reddit employees searching TikTok for memes to repost to Reddit be like:

Show threadpsudSep 16, 2023

There are some special interest subreddits still running almost like before. Subs with a population of a few thousand, with the active members using names that pertain to the sub

Those haven’t moved, at least the non-techie ones haven’t

Show threaddrcobaltjediSep 15, 2023
Hey some if said we’d go on indefinately and after being told to open decided to maliously comply only. /r/baduibattles a sub I started is now only letting posts be of New reddit or the Reddit app. User involvement has plummeted, there are fewer posts, each with votes and comments. Automod also posts telling people to join us at @[email protected]
Show threadalignedchaosSep 15, 2023
Written like someone who wasn’t actually paying attention to the subreddits during that time
Show threadvladSep 15, 2023
That’s true. Although, having that limit probably got more of them to participate. So while the impact was short, it was more noticeable.
Show threadShranTheWaterPoloFanSep 15, 2023

I’m confused about what you want.

Mods literally got replaced by reddit because they refused to capitulate.

I’m not a fan of reddits choices, but if I was deeply involved in a community I’d consider staying to be part of that community still.

Show threadZeth0sSep 15, 2023
With the difference there are money on the table this time
Show threadEpicurus0319Sep 16, 2023

And they know precisely what’s at stake, and that in any case continuing to use an engine now run by dangerous morons intent on destroying it for a quick buck will not be an option, as we all know Unity will strive for its stated goal of screwing them over like this, be it suddenly and shamelessly like they’re hoping to do or by slowly boiling the frog over many years. And then those devs would lose everything.

The devs can’t afford to fold. The other forum’s powermods folded because they not only could’ve afforded to, but also because upon realizing just how expendable they were, they didn’t want to risk losing the source of their god complex. That, and given that site’s users’ history of [youtu.be/hi14dP5Rdm0?si=tS_PWBxklvxoAsM0](bringing feathers to knife fights) their failure to enact the change they wanted was hardly surprising.

Laziness is a Virtue

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Show threadchameleonSep 15, 2023

I think this one will work. Most of these games are already "multihomed" on different ad networks and display the one that is most profitable to them at any given time, or a semi-random mixture. The differences in profitably aren't that huge, and it will get even worse if advertisers run away from Unity too. Unity is making an absolute killing from their ads division, and this is now being threatened.

And who are the advertisers? Other game devs. The whole mobile game advertising scene is one gigantic ouroboros with the ad platforms cutting off a huge portion in the middle. If you leave, you're going to both stop showing ads and stop your advertising there.

Show threaddriving_croonerSep 15, 2023
I haven’t play games with ads in years, but O remember getting a lot of Christian ads, like Bible verses and such. It was even worse that regular buy shit ads imo.
Show threadLemminarySep 16, 2023
I wanted to add a scathing remark about “shoving your in our pious face!” but it practically writes itself.
Show threadjarfilSep 15, 2023

ouroboros

Nice word for “circlejerk”…

cutting off a huge portion in the middle

…but this imagery is disturbing.

Show threadchameleonSep 15, 2023
Yeah on second thought it's maybe a bit more vivid than intended, but it fits what I think is going to happen. Below the top 1-2% of mobile games, it's one big pile of endlessly recycled advertising money. Spend a million in ads, make $800k in ads and $500k in microtransactions, and the $300k is where you have to pay everything else from. Unity is about to bite into that hard and doesn't care if it leaves behind some wounds.
Show threadOrnatePotatoSep 15, 2023
Hence, ouroboros.