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"I got some clarifications from Unity regarding their plan to charge developers per game install (after clearing thresholds)

- If a player deletes a game and re-installs it, that's 2 installs, 2 charges

- Same if they install on 2 devices

- Charity games/bundles exempted from fees"

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> If a player deletes a game and re-installs it, that's 2 installs, 2 charges

This is genuinely insane — I’m not familiar with any other software in the world that charges a customer for deleting and reinstalling it to the same user/same machine.

In an age where the typical user has to install and reinstall games because storage is limited and games are getting heavier and heavier... that's going to be a problem.

Very good point, I do that all the time, because I can have about 2 games installed at any given moment.

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