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I would agree. They honored my account, and I originally bought the game when you had to send Notch money directly for him to send you a copy. Microsoft was g

by Loughla 3mo ago

I would agree. They honored my account, and I originally bought the game when you had to send Notch money directly for him to send you a copy. Microsoft was great in this instance.

amarant 3mo ago
As one of the Devs responsible for the technical part of that transition: thank you. We tried real hard to give users the best possible experience, but I think it has nevertheless been the least appreciated piece of code I have ever written. So it's nice to finally hear some positive accounts from users! So, again, just thanks for saying this.
- ryanhecht 3mo ago
  I truly think you folks did the account transition in the most user-friendly, considerate way you possibly could. There was SO MUCH TIME to migrate and SO MANY WARNINGS about it needing to be done. I'm sorry you haven't been appreciated for it. Well done!
  - Alex3917 3mo ago
    Really? I still have my 9.95 PayPal email receipt from buying the game in 2010, but I don’t have a single email sent to that email address about any sort of migration.
  - rightbyte 3mo ago
    As if giving users more time to accept bad terms before the rug pull is commendable. "It needing to be done"? I didn't accept any terms with MS and I haven't received any refund or whatever other compensation.
- encom 3mo ago
  >the best possible experience It's comforting to know that a game I bought and paid for, that was taken from me, is "the best possible experience". It soured me so much on Minecraft that I can't even be bothered to pirate it.
- bspammer 3mo ago
  I paid for Minecraft and can no longer play it. I'm supposed to be thankful for this? If you choose to work for EvilCorp don't be surprised when you get assigned to work on tickets that make people unhappy.
  - bigyabai 3mo ago
    When you "buy" anything digital, you're not ever owning it. It's unfortunate, and Microsoft is no saint, but Mojang's depreciation was inevitable.
    - inigyou 3mo ago
      Notch's terms of sale were that you get access to every version of Minecraft forever.
      - bigyabai 3mo ago
        Notch has said a lot of things that are rather evidently untrue in reality.
    - Zambyte 3mo ago
      The solution is consumer rights laws, not victim blaming.
      - bigyabai 3mo ago
        Minecraft has an authoritative nameserver. Even regulation wouldn't decouple it from the owner.
        Zambyte 3mo ago
        I can't even download and play the game that I purchased in single player mode. The name server doesn't matter for that.
- nightpool 3mo ago
  I mean, the code is unappreciated because the fundamental premise was broken. Locking users out of their paid accounts if they don't respond within some X deadline (no matter how long X is), without a refund, is a completely unacceptable "solution" to technical debt. The fact that you tried your best to give users a good experience doesn't matter if it's serving a fundamentally broken goal.
  - Zambyte 3mo ago
    Related: https://emersion.fr/blog/2020/saying-no-to-unethical-tasks/ https://emersion.fr/blog/2020/saying-no-to-unethical-tasks/

by Loughla 3mo ago

I would agree. They honored my account, and I originally bought the game when you had to send Notch money directly for him to send you a copy. Microsoft was great in this instance.

amarant 3mo ago

As one of the Devs responsible for the technical part of that transition: thank you. We tried real hard to give users the best possible experience, but I think it has nevertheless been the least appreciated piece of code I have ever written. So it's nice to finally hear some positive accounts from users! So, again, just thanks for saying this.

ryanhecht 3mo ago
I truly think you folks did the account transition in the most user-friendly, considerate way you possibly could. There was SO MUCH TIME to migrate and SO MANY WARNINGS about it needing to be done. I'm sorry you haven't been appreciated for it. Well done!
- Alex3917 3mo ago
  Really? I still have my 9.95 PayPal email receipt from buying the game in 2010, but I don’t have a single email sent to that email address about any sort of migration.
- rightbyte 3mo ago
  As if giving users more time to accept bad terms before the rug pull is commendable. "It needing to be done"? I didn't accept any terms with MS and I haven't received any refund or whatever other compensation.
encom 3mo ago
>the best possible experience It's comforting to know that a game I bought and paid for, that was taken from me, is "the best possible experience". It soured me so much on Minecraft that I can't even be bothered to pirate it.
bspammer 3mo ago
I paid for Minecraft and can no longer play it. I'm supposed to be thankful for this? If you choose to work for EvilCorp don't be surprised when you get assigned to work on tickets that make people unhappy.
- bigyabai 3mo ago
  When you "buy" anything digital, you're not ever owning it. It's unfortunate, and Microsoft is no saint, but Mojang's depreciation was inevitable.
  - inigyou 3mo ago
    Notch's terms of sale were that you get access to every version of Minecraft forever.
    - bigyabai 3mo ago
      Notch has said a lot of things that are rather evidently untrue in reality.
  - Zambyte 3mo ago
    The solution is consumer rights laws, not victim blaming.
    - bigyabai 3mo ago
      Minecraft has an authoritative nameserver. Even regulation wouldn't decouple it from the owner.
      - Zambyte 3mo ago
        I can't even download and play the game that I purchased in single player mode. The name server doesn't matter for that.
nightpool 3mo ago
I mean, the code is unappreciated because the fundamental premise was broken. Locking users out of their paid accounts if they don't respond within some X deadline (no matter how long X is), without a refund, is a completely unacceptable "solution" to technical debt. The fact that you tried your best to give users a good experience doesn't matter if it's serving a fundamentally broken goal.
- Zambyte 3mo ago
  Related: https://emersion.fr/blog/2020/saying-no-to-unethical-tasks/ https://emersion.fr/blog/2020/saying-no-to-unethical-tasks/