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I honestly went and read those release notes just to check if they're using this transition as an excuse to make the game less cross platform.

• frollogaston 3mo ago
  Or once again change the login system in some way that locks tons of people out
• chlorion 3mo ago
  How does that make sense? SDL is extremely portable?
  • nottorp 3mo ago
    Just because SDL is portable it doesn't mean MS is willing to use that portability :)
    • chlorion 3mo ago
      That's fair, I did not consider that.
• ladnerlad 3mo ago
  Why would they do that? They specifically made bedrock edition so that the game could be more cross platform, which has worked extremely well for them financially. Java edition has never been playable on anything other than Windows, Mac, and Linux, porting an SDL version onto any of those is extremely easy. Getting everyone on one platform is a much better model for Microsoft than trying to resell you a copy on each device.
  • nottorp 3mo ago
    > Java edition has never been playable on anything other than Windows, Mac, and Linux That IS cross platform. One, two, three platforms. Count them.