[downrightmike]

"Now just to be clear, migrating from Mojang to Microsoft accounts is mandatory. If you don’t make the move, in several months you won’t be able to log in anymore – which means you won’t be able to play either. But no need to worry, because we’ll give you detailed and clear instructions on how to do so. " Do as we say, or we'll slap you right in the face. It has been super annoying to need a microsoft account to install windows, you can get around it, but they don't make it clear/easy to do or that you can. Now they'll take away something people have spent hours on because it suits their need to increase msft account counts for shareholders.