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by anonymousab 1009 days ago
I'm not sure if this developer is drawing the same distinction, but Unity seems to count updates to the game on app stores as a new install for those users, as well as things like initiating the web version of a game. So if you have a few million downloads and you push out even a token update a week, I can see the numbers getting that high - at least as far as Unity is concerned.

Or rather, Unity's initial Q&A responses said that. They've half-backtracked and started muddying the waters so I think they actually just didn't think it through at all.

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Wait wait wait — you’re saying that at first the rule was written so every time someone visits a webpage with the Unity Web Player on it, that visit may cost the dev $0.01-$0.20 USD?!
Yes they specifically confirmed that the web player is included and works the same.
This whole thing is such a completely nonsensical shitshow that I would be surprised if Unity the company even lasts long enough to enact this policy, what the hell is going on there?