The problem with this is that now Mojang is paying the developers, where as before (as it is now), the players who got enjoyment out of it are paying the develo

The problem with this is that now Mojang is paying the developers, where as before (as it is now), the players who got enjoyment out of it are paying the developers of those plugins. Seems like doing it that way would just take more cash out of Mojang's coffers.