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Isn't Mojang now a wholly-owned subsidiary of Microsoft? How is this not EEE?
Not EEE. This looks like a form of enshittification. It sounds like Mojang is trying to capture all value for themselves by claiming absolute control over everything.
EEE is about unilaterally extending an otherwise open standard in incompatible ways to drive out the competition. The move is shitty but EEE has a specific meaning and it's not a general "MS sucks" abbreviation.
I think the idea that it is EEE comes up because they promised specifically to keep the Java version running parallel to the bedrock version of Minecraft.
But with the Java version you have free modifications and can run a server for free, while for the bedrock version the user has to pay for the mods and the server.
Microsoft seems to try and slowly chip away from the Java version with the goal to make users move over to the bedrock version. Or perhaps they will soon ban mods for Java with an excuse like they can’t control whether the Java mods are save for children..
Just for the record, Bedrock has free mods too. If they’re packaged appropriately, they even install automatically when you open them. The main difference is there isn’t a way to lock bedrock to a specific release version, so things tend to break over time as the game changes. This make the very large & complicated compilation mod packs impractical on Bedrock.
When the Bedrock version did not exist even kids and people who weren't technical averse did use their own servers or downloaded and used a range of mods on occasion. With the bedrock version they pay (a lot of) money for these packages and the Realms service.
That's what Microsoft obviously would like everyone to do. They basically have a competitor that brings in less money in their own product range. But they know there will be outrage and they'll lose customers when they just kill the Java version of Minecraft. They still try to sway people into using bedrock and I believe changing the Eula can be a step into doing this.
I'd really doubt M$ wants to go through with the "extinguish" part of EEE, because Minecraft, and Minecraft merch, prints them money.
Intentionally, anyhow. Whether or not they manage to pull it off via just sheer ineptitude remains to be seen.
I am pretty sure they would prefer to extinguish the Java version of Minecraft, though. Because they earn more money with the bedrock version which has basically a huge item shop.
Realtalk, once Hytale drops I'm probably dropping Minecraft. It's everything I want them to add but without me having 13 years of experience with the game. Something new with QOL and easy modding sounds great.
Personally I'm excited about Mechaenetia, it's not exactly minecraft, but made by a minecraft modder