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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...

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[–] Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah... Tim Sweeny hasn't been kind to Linux like Gabe has, but Sweeny has really pushed for increasing developer margins, breaking down monopolizes, etc.

Ultimately, competition is good... even if competition does result in some discomfort from having two major PC game stores instead of one.

[–] VonReposti@feddit.dk 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Would be great if one of the stores weren't utter shit, didn't work on Linux, and didn't hoard exclusivity deals with game developers.

[–] WldFyre@lemm.ee -1 points 1 year ago

It's truly a struggle clicking icon number 14 on my desktop instead of icon number 15