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by jacknews 1376 days ago
Yes, self-hosted servers, hypixel, etc, and java edition are clearly the target.

It was bad enough having to pay twice for the same game (java edition, then bedrock edition, as some of their friends could only play the microsoft edition on their Nintendo Switches, etc).

But if microsoft cause the 3rd party ecosystem of servers and mods to close down forcing everyone onto microsoft servers, I will ban my kids from playing at all. Quite sad, they and their friends have grown up with minecraft, it's almost the lego of our times, with a dose of capture-the-flag, though my kids also have lego and play skirmish irl.
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JetAlone 1376 days ago
I support your decision to ban it in your household under that circumstance. If Microsoft gets to carpet-ban us and our kids from the game, we can carpet-ban them from us and our kids. Take your responsibility as a parent seriously, spend time and engage and take care of your kids, don't depend on big centralized computer systems to keep your children safe. Teach them why it's important, and they'll grow up to value individual freedoms.
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ezfe 1376 days ago
Bedrock Edition and Java Edition licenses have been "merged."

That being said, if you're banning your kids from playing Minecraft because Microsoft Bad, that's just shitty.

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jacknews 1376 days ago
They are perfectly happy playing in the current open ecosystem, why should they be forced to change?

I'm maybe being a bit dramatic by saying I'll ban them, but they will certainly be given a lesson on taking a stand, and if necessary making sacrifices, to defend freedoms and not give in to coercion.

It's not at all 'microsoft bad', except in this case, it seems they are.

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JetAlone 1376 days ago
Precisely, it's a teaching opportunity. My parents denied me certain things, and while I "hated" them for it sometimes, I have grown to understand why. It did have the very real cost of making socializing more difficult, and yet precisely that prepared me for this kind of sacrifice. Long term, I'm grateful for that, they were real, actual parents.
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furyofantares 1376 days ago
Why would you ban your kids from playing if Microsoft forced it to be on their servers?
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