Thread by @CreativeChris1

Unity installs and runtime license fees clarifications. Starting a thread 🧵

https://twitter.com/CreativeChris1/status/1701665162913079784

Unity isn't going to charge a fee for reinstalls. The spirit of this program is and has always been to charge for the first install and Unity has no desire for the same person charging for ongoing installs.

Unity isn't going to charge for fraudulent installs or "install bombing" - Luckily, many of the same techniques for reinstalls work here, and Unity will continue to make them better.

Unity isn't going to charge for automation/test installs (again, the reinstall checks above get Unity a good ways there, and Unity will make it better)

Unity isn't going to charge for charities etc, never the intent -- this one is one where people would have to give Unity a heads up because Unity will have no way of knowing.

Putting their game in a subscription service, Unity wouldn't anticipate being charged the runtime fee.

Relevant for those with questions surrounding GamePass etc

Game updates would not trigger the runtime fee since they are not the 'first initialisation of an app".

From this Axios article, I just shared:

Runtime fees will also not be charged for installations of game demos, Whitten said, unless the demo is part of a download that includes the full game (early access games would be charged for an installation, he noted).