@mode13h @akien @Emi Imagine the same revenue model...

@mode13h @akien @Emi Imagine the same revenue model applied to Visual Studio. Should every piece of software pay indefinitely for the tools used to create it?

Like 13 Sep 2023 at 12:43 | Wall-to-wall | Open on infosec.exchange

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Marco Lizza ♻️

@redblacktree @akien @Emi Mmm... I don't think the example is fitting. With Visual Studio you are paying for a tool. The runtime, in this case, is Windows (or the OS, anyway). You don't have to pay for that.

With Unity you are paying a fee to use and distribute the runtime, much like when you pay for installing an OS an and embedded device (WindowsCE, for example).

13 Sep 2023 at 12:54 | Open on mastodon.gamedev.place

Thomas Lobig

@mode13h
Have you never noticed games installing the Visual C++ Redistributable Package? I.e. a runtime needed. You are wrong, the example fits perfectly.
@redblacktree @akien @Emi

13 Sep 2023 at 13:08 | Open on chaos.social

Marco Lizza ♻️

@Tom_ofB @redblacktree @akien @Emi Well... you don't need to use the Visual C++ Redistributable Package. It's been years but I've developed many application w/o using it and depending *only* on native Windows libraries.

But you are right when the redistributable package is used (as MFC did, IIRC).

Sorry for the oversight.

13 Sep 2023 at 13:33 | Open on mastodon.gamedev.place

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