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[–] JJROKCZ@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I feel like any company with a legal department would surely check with them before announcing something like this. But maybe unity is so poorly ran they don’t have a legal team or didn’t check idk

[–] zaphodb2002@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 year ago

I think you overestimate how much they care about doing illegal things. They will try it, and if someone can prove it's illegal, they'll pay a minor fine and stop, maybe. Otherwise they'll get away with it. That's how corps look at laws.

[–] assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

I mean you'd think so, but look at how often companies get into lawsuits for clearly illegal shit. Plenty of places will still try to enforce arbitration/NDA clauses that have no actual legal basis or consequence.

[–] frickineh@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I would think so too but this entire decision has felt like the company is shooting itself in the foot, so who even knows anymore.