John Riccitiello, CEO of Unity, has resigned from the company in the wake of the pricing controversy.

The news isn’t a surprise as Unity angered a lot of its loyal game developers a few weeks ago after pushing through a price increase based on numbers of downloads — and then retracted it after an uproar.

  • Naatan@lemmy.one
    11·
    1 year ago

    Whether or not it was his idea is irrelevant, he’s the one who approved it.

    • JokeDeity@lemm.ee
      11·
      1 year ago

      I mean, realistically these days nothing gets done without the investment boards decision. Investors control fucking everything, and IMO are directly the root cause of the enshitification of everything.

      • Naatan@lemmy.one
        7·
        1 year ago

        Sure. And whether he was a sacrificial goat here is not for us to know. But let’s not pretend that the CEO had no responsibility.