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Whenever anyone says “Apple stuff Just Works™”, tell them you can’t use the backspace key in iCloud Calendar on Firefox.
Then laugh in their faces.
Or create a Unity app that tries to access the Webcam.
Or just try to install Unity.
Honestly, what kind of personal computer still tells the user to contact someone called an "administrator" in 2024?
@stevensrmiller I’m sure you’ve heard the recent(ish) news, but I’d stay away from Unity in general :)
Which news? The aborted royalty scheme?
Oh, my goodness. If I dropped a product whenever its maker blundered that badly, I'd be down to nothing but Tinker Toys.
Fact is, the reports of their errors were far beyond the actual mistakes they made. Nonetheless, they rewound the entire thing in response to public backlash. They even stated, for all to read, that they had erred.
All corporations make mistakes. Not all undo them. Even fewer admit they made them.
With prudent caution, I forgive them.
@stevensrmiller They rolled back when it became evident that they had no other option. But also, not my circus, not my monkeys and definitely not the hill I wish to die on. Best of luck with whatever it is you’re building :)
Oh, they could have forged ahead. The actual impact of what they planned on 98% of the outraged community would have been utterly nothing. People forget quickly.
But, you are quite right: the public insisted on a reversal, and got it.
I can tell you it was a panicky few days on my campus. I had students coming to me to ask if their careers had already been ruined before they started. Today, it's as though the whole thing was just a bad dream.
@stevensrmiller Until next time… ;)
Big Tech gonna Big Tech.
Yeah, that's for sure. I am looking into Godot, an open source alternative. Best reports so far are that it's not yet competitive with Unity. But, it is improving and my needs are not that demanding. Also, as a teacher, I would like to be able to refer to the source code.