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thenthenthen 2 days ago

AppCloud, developed by the controversial Israeli-founded company ironSource (now owned by the American company Unity)

Yes the Unity 3D engine company wow.

willtemperley 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

So Unity can now be considered malware by association.

miohtama a day ago | parent | next [-]

Discussed in 2022 here

https://www.pcgamer.com/unity-is-merging-with-a-company-who-...

more-nitor a day ago | parent | prev [-]

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hoppyhoppy2 a day ago | parent | next [-]

>Please don't comment about the voting on comments. It never does any good, and it makes boring reading.

>Please don't post insinuations about astroturfing, shilling, brigading, foreign agents, and the like. It degrades discussion and is usually mistaken. If you're worried about abuse, email hn@ycombinator.com and we'll look at the data.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

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Dah00n a day ago | parent | prev [-]

"lol" comments are not worth the energy.

cigiv a day ago | parent | prev [-]

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Nition a day ago | parent | prev [-]

The weirdest part of that merger was Unity paid $4.4billion for IronSource.

JohnHaugeland a day ago | parent [-]

ironsource was the owner and runner of the largest sleazy game ad network, which was unity specific

unity was dying for lack of revenue

Nition 21 hours ago | parent | next [-]

The fact that they were struggling for revenue just made the massive spend seem even weirder to me, but I suppose it could make sense if they truly expected to somehow get >4.4 billion back from ad revenue eventually. They also bought Wētā FX for $1.6 billion around the same time and did basically nothing with it.[1]

[1] https://www.fxguide.com/quicktakes/unity-software-with-a-com...

airstrike 17 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

no, unity was dying for low profitability and ads had higher margin

I argued against the acquisition at the time, including against accepting the framing that it was a "merger", and I think everything that's transpired since then has validated my views.

Sadly, I was outnumbered and “it is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it” applied as it always does.

John Riccitiello was a terrible CEO

I think there's non-zero chance this company will go down in flames. I think its only hope at this point is a sufficiently motivated activist shareholder.