I think this is probably a net positive at least in some regards. Unity (and other company execs) saw that pricing per install will most likely generate a lot

I think this is probably a net positive at least in some regards. Unity (and other company execs) saw that pricing per install will most likely generate a lot of outrage, so profit seeking must be kept to more moderate means. Unity settled on terms that will still generate them some income (which is probably good, given how fast they're burning money), the revenue share is still lower than that of Unreal and if the fireside chat is to be believed, then these terms should hold for a while. Unity won't be making every game/program phone home, at least if you don't use their analytics, the install figures will be self-reported and also the splash screen will be optional. The people with years of Unity experience and purchased assets won't be forced to migrate to something else and will be able to use their good tech and tools (even if the editor can be annoying), and their businesses won't have to pay insane amounts of money for runtime fees. In addition, engines like Godot get a nice boost in popularity and also some funding, which should secure them a better future. Probably not much is changing for the niche engines that I like, but it's still to nice see Godot succeeding in some ways! That whole fiasco could have been avoided altogether, though - just consider the new policies for like half a year and run some numbers first, I'm not sure how they missed out on how their initial plans would affect mobile games!