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Unity backtracks slightly on plans to charge developers for game installs
(www.eurogamer.net)
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this post was submitted on 13 Sep 2023
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Lol get this, I don't know if I heard right, but the install count was based on their own telemetry added to the game. SO if someone pirated your game, it could still count as an install.
Yep. Unity gets to decide how much you owe them. And there’s no way you can verify that they’re telling the truth.
It would be a shitty crack if it allowed a pirated game to still phone home during/after install.
It’s not phoning home to the developer, but Unity.