Unity Faces Backlash for Dismissing Planned Parenthood and Children's Hospital as "Not Valid Charities"

Indie game developers, LizardFactory, claim that Unity referred to organizations like Planned Parenthood and C.S. Mott Children's Hospital as "not valid charities" and "political groups." Unity's proposed runtime fee, which would charge developers up to $0.20 per install, would cost LizardFactory around 30% of the funds they had already sent to charity. Unity clarified that the fee would not apply to charity games, but reportedly stated that LizardFactory's partners were not valid charities. The developers are considering switching to the open-source game engine Godot in response to the controversy. Unity has since apologized and promised to share changes to the policy in the coming days.