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by stuckinhell 1003 days ago
Its the install tracking and fees related to non revenue metrics that really has people super mad.

The install tracking will be borderline malware based on Ironsource's reputation. All they needed to do was take a cut of revenue.

Without that, people wouldn't be as mad.

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I think the core reason for how intense the outrage is is the installations are completely unpredictable for developers. If Unity had went to a revenue split it simple royalty per sale people would be upset but ultimately it would have died down. It's the unpredictabilty that is really the problem.
Indeed. As a user who has played Unity games in the past this change makes me want to stay the hell away from games built on Unity in the future. There has been little transparency on how they're tracking installs and what other data they're harvesting while they're at it.