As an addendum, other games get away with a "designed" modding API because the alternative is too difficult, as most games are built in C/C++ which is nowhere n

As an addendum, other games get away with a "designed" modding API because the alternative is too difficult, as most games are built in C/C++ which is nowhere near as malleable and discoverable as the Java runtime. It's also why mods for Bedrock (the C++ implementation of Minecraft) is barely a thing.