Unity announced a new fee structure today, and developers are none too happy. “We are introducing a Unity Runtime Fee that is based upon each time a qualifying game is downloaded by an end user,” the company wrote in a blog post announcing the change. “We chose this because each time a game is downloaded, the Unity Runtime is also installed.” The new per-install fees are set to kick in on January 1, 2024.
If so, at least anyone whose project was completed beforehand can be grandfathered out of the new arrangement.
That really sucks for new projects, though. A few months is not going to be enough time for a lot of projects out there.
AFAIK this applies retroactively.
Unfortunately, I was just coming back to comment this myself, and link this: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/09/unity-attempt-to-clarify-new-install-fees-as-developers-revolt/