@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 2 years agoUnity Silently Deletes GitHub Repo that Tracks Terms of Service Changes and Updated Its License - GamerBraveswww.gamerbraves.comexternal-linkmessage-square170fedilinkarrow-up11.63K
arrow-up11.63Kexternal-linkUnity Silently Deletes GitHub Repo that Tracks Terms of Service Changes and Updated Its License - GamerBraveswww.gamerbraves.com@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 2 years agomessage-square170fedilink
minus-square???linkfedilinkEnglish148•2 years agoGood luck “silently removing” a github repo. That shit don’t fly.
minus-squareEl BartolinkfedilinkEnglish49•2 years agoSure a lot of people have a copy of the old repo. But I think the point is that it won’t be that easy to track ToS changes.
minus-squarePixel of LifelinkfedilinkEnglish49•2 years agoOh no, now someone will have to write a bot to scrape the ToS once a day or something, and push it to Github if it has changed.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish42•2 years agoWith the current rate of enshitification, once a day may not be enough.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish29•2 years agoAccording to EU regulations I think they’re obligated to inform users of any changes, so removing the repo doesn’t really do much to hinder people in tracking changes.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish13•2 years agoUnity uses mercurial for version control so maybe this is news to them.
Good luck “silently removing” a github repo. That shit don’t fly.
Sure a lot of people have a copy of the old repo. But I think the point is that it won’t be that easy to track ToS changes.
Oh no, now someone will have to write a bot to scrape the ToS once a day or something, and push it to Github if it has changed.
With the current rate of enshitification, once a day may not be enough.
According to EU regulations I think they’re obligated to inform users of any changes, so removing the repo doesn’t really do much to hinder people in tracking changes.
Unity uses mercurial for version control so maybe this is news to them.
Interesting, I wasn’t aware of this tool.