I've owned Minecraft on PC for over 10 years now, but this change really makes me just want to use the cracked version and switch over my Minecraft server to of

I've owned Minecraft on PC for over 10 years now, but this change really makes me just want to use the cracked version and switch over my Minecraft server to offline mode, just to avoid Microsoft's bullshit. Unfortunately, that would come with too many security risks, as far as my hobby server admin knowledge takes me...