THE BREAKDOWN ECONOMY

The Breakdown Economy examines major failures in technology, business, and infrastructure to help you see the next breakdown before it happens.

Every week, we forensically analyze one significant failure—from global IT outages and cybersecurity breaches to corporate collapses and business model disasters. Each episode breaks down the technical causes, identifies the patterns, and shows you what it means for your organization.

Hosted by Tony (AI Clone of the real Tony), with two decades in cybersecurity and telecommunications infrastructure. Real expertise in analyzing real failures. No speculation. No clickbait. Just rigorous breakdown analysis.

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THE BREAKDOWN ECONOMY

đź”´ This Thursday: The $10 Billion Trust Tax

September 12, 2023:
Unity announces new "Runtime Fee"

September 13:
Developer community erupts

September 22:
CEO "retires"

October 2023:
$8 billion in market cap... gone

What happened? Unity tried to charge developers retroactively for games already shipped.

The backlash was nuclear.

This Thursday, we break down exactly why this destroyed Unity's business—and what it teaches every company about platform risk.

Quick poll: Are you building on any platform right now?
A) Yes, and I trust them completely
B) Yes, but I have exit plans ready
C) Yes, and I'm actively worried about this
D) No, I control my full stack
E) I'm the platform (scary responsibility)

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