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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Yeah. You theoretically can financially DDOS a developer.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Curious if they would charge once install was completed or once install commences.

If I try to install a game and for whatever reason it fails, and I have to try again, would they charge for two installs?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Probally an api call that goes out to Unity once you start a game and the engine comes online.

Im sure they would love to charge devs the instant we click a download link though.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

An API call that could be faked. Easily.

Imagine a bot network that screws over a developer because of fake installer API calls.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Imagine that bot only targets games developed in house and fucks the assholes back.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Who knew software development involved so much anal sex?