AppLovin’s attempts to acquire Unity last year turned sour when Unity opted for a  merger with rivals ironSource instead . Now, in the ongoing shockwave of Unity's unpopular introductio...
  • InEnduringGrowStrong@sh.itjust.works@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    54·
    9 months ago

    The Unity train wreck is such a beautiful example of shitting where you eat.
    All they had to do was to shut up and do nothing and everything would be fine.
    Instead, they were greedy af and their continued fall would be almost entertaining if it didn’t highlight how shit the industry can be.

      • KrackalotEnglish
        12·
        9 months ago

        I don’t know shit about it, but I’m guessing the ad business isn’t really standalone itself. Guessing it’s the ad service that kicks in for developers that don’t pay for the engine. If that is true, it’s stupid to expect both to be individually profitable. It’s also likely the ad business wouldn’t be profitable if it didn’t have all those indie developers that have it incorporated into their games. Really sounds like a working system just wasn’t profitable enough, and they needed more blood from the stone.

  • metaStatic@kbin.social
    17·
    9 months ago

    does it phone home so much it crashes my PI hole?

    When App Lovin are the good guy you’ve done fucked up.

    • Swim@lemmy.caEnglish
      3·
      9 months ago

      same applovin unity3d trying to call home so much, glad i finally got a pihole setup

  • Ertebolle@kbin.social
    12·
    9 months ago

    “All right, you look like a future pedophile in this picture, number 1. Number 2, it doesn’t even have a first name, it just says AppLovin!”.

  • Rentlar@lemmy.caEnglish
    91·
    9 months ago

    When a company doing scum-of-the-earth work like mobile ads is in a more charitable position than your company’s, you done fucked up.