Unity apologises.

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Unity apologizes for controversial new pricing scheme, 'will be making changes to the policy'
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A lot of developers have really tight profit margins and/or their current projects heavily rely on what Unity provides. "Cutting their losses and move on" would mean bankruptcy. They might be able to switch to other engines in the future but right now leaving Unity behind is not a valid decision for them.

I am not saying it is an easy or pleasant decision.

I spent 15 years working in the bankruptcy and insolvency industry. I have seen this sort of situation literally 100s of times.

Staying with Unity will just mean going broke over a longer time frame and after wasting more money.

And I work as a software developer. You can't just suddenly leave the software behind your business is based on. For a lot of VR or WebGL related Companies there is no alternative to Unity. Also they are not broke right now and most likely won't be next year because of Unitys policy changes. Most devs won't be affected at all. Why just give up your hole business now because there might be problems in the future? Staying with Unity now gives us time to change the business model or find another technology.

cool. I am a sysadmin, who has a lot of experience with developers.

Stay with them and good luck.

Pm me when you need a bankruptcy firm recommendation.