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IronSource & WETA acquisitions may have been expensive mistakes

• 0cf8612b2e1e 2y ago
  After blowing $1.6B on WETA, Unity almost immediately pivoted and shutdown the company. https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/11/unity-lays-off-hundreds-of-weta-digital-engineers-as-it-pivots-back-to-games/ https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/11/unity-lays-off-hundre...
  • FractalHQ 2y ago
    That is a tragedy. The amount of talent and brilliance robbed from the world… I still don’t understand why companies buying other companies should be a thing at all. Anti-trust solved, competition restored.
    • WillPostForFood 2y ago
      >That is a tragedy. The amount of talent and brilliance robbed from the world… That talent is all still alive, and will do brilliant things in the future. Probably moreso than if they were stuck working for Unity.
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  • solardev 2y ago
    Execs fail, workers pay the price...