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 some people have been going around saying the unity news isn't so bad because "it doesn't affect ... 
 @14c4c4f4 Some numbers for the doubters:

If I, as a solo dev, sold exactly 200k copies at exactly $1/each,

$200k revenue
-$60k app store cut
-$40k Unity per-install
-$50k 50/50 publisher split

Leaving me $50k, barely more than Unity collects in rent. Before tax. If it's me and one other co-dev? All other the numbers stay the same and we each only make $25k.

If I got 400k installs of a free version and a HUGE 50% conversion? Suddenly Unity's taking $80k from the same $200k total. I get $30k.