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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

What's the point of having an outdated copy of the ToS? Unity did this just so that it's not so easy for everyone to see future changes.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Users are bound by the version of the terms they agree with when they start using the product. There may be a term that says ongoing usage when the terms change constitutes acceptance of a change.
Unity are trying to say they can make the change retroactively, but the 2022 (and prior) terms apparently included a clause saying that if future changes were detrimental to the user they could stay on old versions of the software and remain bound by the old terms. That's one angle Devs could use to tell them to get fucked There may be others.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Ooooh, I understand now! That's fucked up, and that's so dumb of them.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

My question is how much support does Unity provide or need to provide to the old versions, or I guess any version. Will they still be usable a few years down the road?