it is very funny that most of the (presumably germans) in the comments are saying "it's not that bad and it's fine because you chose a complicated LLC structure"
It's probably only funny because the commenting germans are aware that there is a much simpler "UG" (without the &co KG), which is pretty much a LLC, which you can open on your own, a bit faster, much cheaper. But apparently OP didn't do that for tax reasons (in a normal UG, if you want to pay yourself, you gotta pay income tax and all the other stuff)
If an american comes and says they founded a public company (with stocks and all), and complained about the fuzz involved, you would also tell them that it's their own fault, right?
That said, maybe the US/Delaware LLC has this component as well, I'm not a lawyer :D
UG is almost always a bad idea. Just go with the GmbH from the start. UGs need to convert to GmbHs over time anyway, it is just added bureaucracy. Your tax accountant alone will cost 3.500-5.000€ in the first year, so you need the money anyway. Starting a UG with 2.000€ in capital is stupid idea, you risk going bankrupt early on. Rembmer, delayed filing for insolvency (Insolvenzverschleppung) is a criminal ofense in Germany and you are risking that to.
My understanding what is described is Limited Liability corporation hold inside Limited partnership. Not either of those alone. This setup allows some tax games. But also clearly is also much more complicated to setup as first you would need the limited partnership...
Looks like he got hot milked by “advisors” who insisted in an overly complicated setup. Setting up a UG is fast and easy as long as you stick to the standard and you don’t need advisors or lawyers.
This is what happens with complex organizations. People develop expertise in navigating the organization, feel pride in that expertise, and then snottily mock those who struggle. Even though they didn’t create it, don’t really like it, and have no stake in it.
But it is all arbitrary bureaucracy with little value beyond its own internal logic. Still gets fanboys somehow.
Not the person you replied to, but like them, I too liked to draw imaginary maps when I was a kid, mainly of medieval towns. I also tend to like the world-building aspects of strategy games, arguably more than the actual strategy parts.
Cities: Skylines have been in my wishlist since shortly after it came out but I never got around to playing it until about a month ago, and... didn't like it at all. It felt too "micro-manage-y" (for the lack of a better word) while also having the pressure of the ticking time.
Needless to say, I was very disappointed after looking forward to it for ~10 years.
I actually had the same experience as you (own it, played it only a bit for similar reasons), but FWIW I believe there is a sandbox mode to just play around in.
Another chill medieval town building game is Manor Lords. It has some management but overal is laid back.
Oh you just reminded me of the joy of making maps for D&D. I only ever played two or three times, but I had notebooks full of detailed maps of dungeons, cities, whole continents.
Super awesome, love the vision, exciting to try something in this space, and agreed with your core observations and conclusions. My only criticism is that the interior / package needs to look way cooler to tempt people across. Working with a decent industrial design firm and making some sexy renders would go a long way!
Awesome! I see there's mentions of it on the website, but I don't see how to do it via the dashboard UI and there's not much in the docs about it. Wrote to support, would be nice to try this out.
And totally agreed, both products take a slightly different approach and have different strengths and weaknesses, try them both and see which is a better fit!
It was a design choice; for some actions it's possible - click being a great example - for others it's not e.g. hover; are you thinking, or actually hovering? ...waiting: are you thinking or trying to add a wait to the test?
So, we went the route of having the same way of doing things for everything. We may change this in the future, but at the moment it's consistent and easy to learn. You add an action, then run it - no need to do it twice, or learn multiple ways of doing things.
tell me you've never run anything without telling me you've never run anything...