Wait, is Unity allowed to just change its fee structure like that? (arstechnica.com)
Confusing, contradictory terms of service clauses leave potential opening for lawsuits.
Report: Unity considering revenue-based fee caps, self-reported install numbers (arstechnica.com)
The recently promised "changes" to Unity's controversial new per-install fee plan for developers could include hard limits based on a company's total revenue and developer self-reporting of installation numbers, according to a new report.
“Most notorious” illegal shadow library sued by textbook publishers [Updated] (arstechnica.com)
Google gets its way, bakes a user-tracking ad platform directly into Chrome (arstechnica.com)
“AI took my job, literally”—Gizmodo fires Spanish staff amid switch to AI translator (arstechnica.com)
Volition (Saints Row developer) shuts down (arstechnica.com)
There goes my dream of an Agents of Mayhem sequel.
FCC says “too bad” to ISPs complaining that listing every fee is too hard (arstechnica.com)
Aww … poor little ISPs.
SanDisk Extreme SSDs are “worthless,” multiple lawsuits against WD say (arstechnica.com)
cross-posted from: yiffit.net/post/1251788...
Sites scramble to block ChatGPT web crawler after instructions emerge (arstechnica.com)
Linux surpasses the Mac among Steam gamers (arstechnica.com)
Linux surpasses the Mac among Steam gamers (arstechnica.com)
8BitDo’s $100 wireless mechanical keyboard screams ’80s NES (arstechnica.com)
Google’s nightmare “Web Integrity API” wants a DRM gatekeeper for the web (arstechnica.com)
also on r/privacy
No apologies as Reddit halfheartedly tries to repair ties with moderators (arstechnica.com)
Reddit is reaching out to moderators after tensions rose over recent policy changes and API pricing. A Reddit admin acknowledged the strained relationship and outlined new weekly feedback sessions and other outreach efforts to repair ties. However, moderators remain skeptical of Reddit’s efforts given mixed results from past...
Denuvo wants to convince you its DRM isn’t “evil” (arstechnica.com)
Gotta love DRM that makes paid versions of games worse than pirated stuff.
Denuvo wants to convince you its DRM isn’t “evil” (arstechnica.com)
Kudos to Ars Technica to interviewing the Devil. The comments section of that post is *not *kind.