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As a parent this is one of my pet peeves as so many services for kids assume/require a phone number. I’m sure it has nothing to do with me getting so much phon

As a parent this is one of my pet peeves as so many services for kids assume/require a phone number. I’m sure it has nothing to do with me getting so much phone spam as to turn off my ringer. Microsoft has been a real jerk with the Minecraft acquisition. It would be so much better for users had notch never sold. They are increasing prices, making it harder to start, removing mod functionality, and basically just all bad stuff.

giancarlostoro 4y ago
Whats worse is if you want to find a VOIP app to have a dedicated number for these one off requirements you risk eventually not being allowed to use it due to VOIP number or whatever.
flenserboy 4y ago
Waiting for them to get rid of traditional Minecraft so they can monetize everything and lock it into Windows.
CursedUrn 4y ago
It's been 7+ years since Microsoft bought Minecraft, I'm honestly surprised it took this long for them to do this customer hostile stuff. We had a good 5 years before they started ruining it.
- VistaBrokeMyPC 4y ago
  "Embrace, extend, extinguish"
  - nvrspyx 4y ago
    I....don't see how that applies here.
TrueGeek 4y ago
I was setting up an account for my child and it insisted on knowing their first job as one of the security questions. I normally put PIN-type responses to these and record them somewhere, but it said that wasn’t a valid answer. So many of these systems just aren’t very well thought out.
cmeacham98 4y ago
As much as I hate to defend Microsoft (and moving Minecraft to MS accounts is annoying and stupid), this isn't true: > They are increasing prices Same price as ever: https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/store/minecraft-java-edition https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/store/minecraft-java-edition > making it harder to start Not sure what this is supposed to mean? > removing mod functionality The opposite of reality, for example they started releasing java mappings last year > and basically just all bad stuff Minecraft is more popular than ever, and other than the MS account stuff recent updates to the game have been positively received. Other conspiracy theories like "Microsoft will get rid of Java Edition and make bedrock the only version!" have not come to pass.
- prepend 4y ago
  > They are increasing prices What I meant is that there are now micro transactions to buy cosmetic things. And ads in game, in windows, on Xbox, and everywhere to buy them. Minecraft was a one time purchase and now it’s a service revenue stream. So as a gamer and a parent, the price is much higher. Not to mention having different versions that don’t work together so there’s Java edition and bedrock that are different purchases. I also have multiple kids and Minecraft doesn’t let you share profiles so after hearing the kids argue over which skin to use I broke down and bought multiple accounts. Microsoft made Minecraft a less fun game so they would make more money. The game made billions of dollars and that wasn’t enough. They wanted extra billions.
  - cmeacham98 4y ago
    Minecraft: Java Edition has none of these flaws and is the superior experience in basically every way. Unfortunately, the cost you pay for that is that the game only works on "normal" computers, no console/mobile support. If you specifically mean Bedrock Edition has problems, I agree with you, but it's been that way for a long time.

giancarlostoro 4y ago

Whats worse is if you want to find a VOIP app to have a dedicated number for these one off requirements you risk eventually not being allowed to use it due to VOIP number or whatever.

flenserboy 4y ago

Waiting for them to get rid of traditional Minecraft so they can monetize everything and lock it into Windows.

CursedUrn 4y ago

It's been 7+ years since Microsoft bought Minecraft, I'm honestly surprised it took this long for them to do this customer hostile stuff. We had a good 5 years before they started ruining it.

VistaBrokeMyPC 4y ago
"Embrace, extend, extinguish"
- nvrspyx 4y ago
  I....don't see how that applies here.

TrueGeek 4y ago

I was setting up an account for my child and it insisted on knowing their first job as one of the security questions. I normally put PIN-type responses to these and record them somewhere, but it said that wasn’t a valid answer. So many of these systems just aren’t very well thought out.

cmeacham98 4y ago

As much as I hate to defend Microsoft (and moving Minecraft to MS accounts is annoying and stupid), this isn't true: > They are increasing prices Same price as ever: https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/store/minecraft-java-edition https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/store/minecraft-java-edition > making it harder to start Not sure what this is supposed to mean? > removing mod functionality The opposite of reality, for example they started releasing java mappings last year > and basically just all bad stuff Minecraft is more popular than ever, and other than the MS account stuff recent updates to the game have been positively received. Other conspiracy theories like "Microsoft will get rid of Java Edition and make bedrock the only version!" have not come to pass.

prepend 4y ago
> They are increasing prices What I meant is that there are now micro transactions to buy cosmetic things. And ads in game, in windows, on Xbox, and everywhere to buy them. Minecraft was a one time purchase and now it’s a service revenue stream. So as a gamer and a parent, the price is much higher. Not to mention having different versions that don’t work together so there’s Java edition and bedrock that are different purchases. I also have multiple kids and Minecraft doesn’t let you share profiles so after hearing the kids argue over which skin to use I broke down and bought multiple accounts. Microsoft made Minecraft a less fun game so they would make more money. The game made billions of dollars and that wasn’t enough. They wanted extra billions.
- cmeacham98 4y ago
  Minecraft: Java Edition has none of these flaws and is the superior experience in basically every way. Unfortunately, the cost you pay for that is that the game only works on "normal" computers, no console/mobile support. If you specifically mean Bedrock Edition has problems, I agree with you, but it's been that way for a long time.