The situation with #unity has me thinking of 14th century France, rather than #Rome. A short 🧵
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HP van Braam (hp@mastodon.tmm.cx)'s status on Monday, 06-Nov-2023 22:13:26 JST HP van Braam - clacke likes this.
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HP van Braam (hp@mastodon.tmm.cx)'s status on Monday, 06-Nov-2023 22:13:30 JST HP van Braam In the 14th century France had a very unpopular salt tax called the Gabelle. During the French Revolution it was abolished, but quickly reinstated once the new government ran out of money.
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HP van Braam (hp@mastodon.tmm.cx)'s status on Monday, 06-Nov-2023 22:13:31 JST HP van Braam The parallels with history are quite close, the #Unity engine is viewed by many as a necessity for #gamedev, like salt, and they are out of money, like France.
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