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1. Ars Technica (arstechnica@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 30-Nov-2023 01:52:46 JST Ars Technica

   Unity lays off hundreds of Weta Digital engineers as it pivots back to games

   More cuts likely as troubled engine maker seeks to "increase our focus on our core."

   https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/11/unity-lays-off-hundreds-of-weta-digital-engineers-as-it-pivots-back-to-games/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

   • Andreas M. Heitmann :batman: (andyger@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 30-Nov-2023 01:56:59 JST Andreas M. Heitmann :batman:

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     @arstechnica RIP ...

   • Urzl (gooba42@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 30-Nov-2023 02:00:19 JST Urzl

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     @arstechnica What's the plan to recapture customers now that their utter contempt for customers is totally in the open?

     Lack of technical focus wasn't really their weak point.

   • Bandersnatch (bandersnatch@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 30-Nov-2023 02:02:09 JST Bandersnatch

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     @arstechnica There is no saving Unity. It will continue layoffs & bleeding until it dies.

   • Andrew Geo (andrewgeo@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 30-Nov-2023 02:10:10 JST Andrew Geo

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     @arstechnica The decisions that Unity takes to expand on new fields is at best imperialistic. The cost of these decisions, though, burdens the employees.

     It's a sad fact that Unity is more or less an industry standard by now- and users cannot replace it (with FOSS preferably). It certainly resembles the Adobe situation of the market.

     Still, I hope they learn something. Last year they shrunk their work-base significantly while their profits were practically thrown away in investments.

   • Sebastian (sebinspace@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 30-Nov-2023 02:25:04 JST Sebastian

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     @arstechnica the SEC need to investigate the C-suite for insider trading, but we all know that only happens to *poor people*