Developer Unknown Worlds has shared a letter asking for patience from Subnautica fans after publisher Krafton announced the departure of its senior leadership⁠—including studio co-founder Max McGuire⁠—and the installation of Dead Space producer and Striking Distance (The Callisto Protocol) CEO, Steve Papoutsis, as the new studio head.

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The letter does firmly deny that the game will be live serviceified or otherwise experience a monetization change.

Even if you turn off the setting and it stays off in subsequent updates, how can you know that the setting actually does anything at all? That is to say how can you trust Microsoft does not ignore the setting and just gathers the data always.

“Just add bots”

Article is from April 2025.

Unfortunately there are still bills to pay even if you don’t visit the site for months. Keeping the lights on is not free. So that is a very unlikely subscription model you’re describing.

That’s your only comment up this article? Did you even bother to open the article?

I would wager they many of the same people arguing for a boycott went on to purchase it anyway. Opinions are free, as long as it doesn’t affect your life in any way.

That is your opinion. I sometimes prefer a video over a long text. Everyone has their own preference.

I’m sure this won’t be abused by law enforcement nor by politicians to spy on their competitors /s

Like they are going to give a rats ass what you say. They will use it anyway.

Which works for some content, but a lot of childrens content is only available through subscriptions to Netflix/Disney+/Max.