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I'll be curious if they can unring this bell.

If nothing else, this reminded small developers how vulnerable they are in terms of negotiating power.

If they bring back Unity's original co-founder and CEO (David Helgason) and restructure/debloat the company, they might have a chance of reacquiring some of the goodwill. People still want the "old", pre-IPO and pre-Riccitiello Unity back.

They can restructure the company, but they can't restructure their incentives.

It would really turn the energy around to cut the bloat, bring in Helgason as CEO w $1 salary but boatload of call options, have him explain a model that encourages indie devs while milking cash from gaming giants, and works towards a sustainable income statement for Unity.

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