John Riccitiello steps down as CEO of Unity after pricing battle

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

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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Whether or not it was his idea is irrelevant, he's the one who approved it.

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.

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.