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How about you fire the CEO that allowed such a boneheaded decision? With them in charge, how could one ever trust your company to not make such moves again?

dylan604 3y ago
Even Apple did similar with their proposed CSAM scanning, and after the uproar, walked that decision back. So at least Unity is at least giving a head nod towards decency. It could definitely be worse. Imagine if Musk was in charge.
- clnq 3y ago
  “The good news is that I’ve seen worse, the bad news is that not a lot”. I’m sure some executive did even worse. But a scorched Earth cash grab is very bad business. No need to spin it positively.
- rmbyrro 3y ago
  If Musk was in charge of Unity, he'd cut 90% of the staff and just charge $8/mo for a blue sign on your game. PS: for those without a sense of humor, this is a joke.
  - barkingcat 3y ago
    No it’s not a joke but what will really happen.
  - Auracle 3y ago
    To be fair, cutting staff seems like it would be reasonable. How do they have ~2x the number of employees that Epic has? I know the ad side probably takes some numbers but Epic actually makes games. From an outsider it seems horribly mismanaged.
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VHRanger 3y ago
The problem is not really the CEO, though he's the one getting the attention here. It's the new board that got 3 new heads from IronSource and Sequoia VC (who pushed for the IronSource merger).
- ilamont 3y ago
  Sequoia, the same geniuses that backed SBF: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33571734 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33571734
  - keypusher 3y ago
    Sequoia also backed Apple, Cisco, Google, Youtube, Instagram, LinkedIn, PayPal, Reddit, Zoom and many more. They are just one of the largest VCs out there.
    - ilamont 3y ago
      Sequoia invested in Apple 46 years ago. Many of those other investments date from the 90s and 2000s. The firm has since lost its mojo. The transcript of the discussions behind the SBF investment are embarrassing.
      - kyleee 3y ago
        Fun, do you have the link handy?
    - IG_Semmelweiss 3y ago
      There is a difference from backing a fraud vs backing a failure. No one is pointing fingers for the latter. SBF would have never done anything with a simple BoD requirement: independent auditor. That was not done by BoD. This is a very standard requirement for most companies beyond A. SBF got special treatment. Why is the question
- glimshe 3y ago
  No. The problem is the CEO. The buck stops with him. When you are at the top making millions, a major strategic failure is always your responsibility.
tourmalinetaco 3y ago
That’s the entire point of a CEO: to be a well-paid martyr to blame when bad things happen. It’s the company to blame; putting the CEO specifically on blast plays into the narrative that things will be better if they are replaced. Once a company gets this big it’s simply a horde of independent maggots writhing in the pile. No true sense of direction, just a deep-rooted desire for growth at all costs. No one is sure what’s happening with other parts of the company, because that’s outside of their scope. All they know is that for their own sake they must continue growing the company.
3seashells 3y ago
No, no, not another company.. Let him stay.. Localize the damage

dylan604 3y ago

Even Apple did similar with their proposed CSAM scanning, and after the uproar, walked that decision back. So at least Unity is at least giving a head nod towards decency. It could definitely be worse. Imagine if Musk was in charge.

clnq 3y ago
“The good news is that I’ve seen worse, the bad news is that not a lot”. I’m sure some executive did even worse. But a scorched Earth cash grab is very bad business. No need to spin it positively.
rmbyrro 3y ago
If Musk was in charge of Unity, he'd cut 90% of the staff and just charge $8/mo for a blue sign on your game. PS: for those without a sense of humor, this is a joke.
- barkingcat 3y ago
  No it’s not a joke but what will really happen.
- Auracle 3y ago
  To be fair, cutting staff seems like it would be reasonable. How do they have ~2x the number of employees that Epic has? I know the ad side probably takes some numbers but Epic actually makes games. From an outsider it seems horribly mismanaged.

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VHRanger 3y ago

The problem is not really the CEO, though he's the one getting the attention here. It's the new board that got 3 new heads from IronSource and Sequoia VC (who pushed for the IronSource merger).

ilamont 3y ago
Sequoia, the same geniuses that backed SBF: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33571734 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33571734
- keypusher 3y ago
  Sequoia also backed Apple, Cisco, Google, Youtube, Instagram, LinkedIn, PayPal, Reddit, Zoom and many more. They are just one of the largest VCs out there.
  - ilamont 3y ago
    Sequoia invested in Apple 46 years ago. Many of those other investments date from the 90s and 2000s. The firm has since lost its mojo. The transcript of the discussions behind the SBF investment are embarrassing.
    - kyleee 3y ago
      Fun, do you have the link handy?
  - IG_Semmelweiss 3y ago
    There is a difference from backing a fraud vs backing a failure. No one is pointing fingers for the latter. SBF would have never done anything with a simple BoD requirement: independent auditor. That was not done by BoD. This is a very standard requirement for most companies beyond A. SBF got special treatment. Why is the question
glimshe 3y ago
No. The problem is the CEO. The buck stops with him. When you are at the top making millions, a major strategic failure is always your responsibility.

tourmalinetaco 3y ago

That’s the entire point of a CEO: to be a well-paid martyr to blame when bad things happen. It’s the company to blame; putting the CEO specifically on blast plays into the narrative that things will be better if they are replaced. Once a company gets this big it’s simply a horde of independent maggots writhing in the pile. No true sense of direction, just a deep-rooted desire for growth at all costs. No one is sure what’s happening with other parts of the company, because that’s outside of their scope. All they know is that for their own sake they must continue growing the company.

3seashells 3y ago

No, no, not another company.. Let him stay.. Localize the damage