• wander1236@sh.itjust.works
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      Bedrock is pretty full of microtransactions, upsells, and ads, and the Mojang to Microsoft account migration for Java made a lot of people lose their accounts entirely.

      But the core gameplay of both editions is still fine, and Java is consistently getting more mod-friendly with each release. You also don’t actually have to buy anything in Bedrock; it’s mostly just annoying.

      I don’t really agree that Minecraft is getting enshittified, but I can see why others might.

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          I would also prefer to play on Java, however cross-platform support with Bedrock works really well. And that is actually quite the benefit. That way I can actually for once play a game with friends that are on other consoles or even on mobile.

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        You can avoid the transactions, but they really lure the kids in. I have to constantly tell my kid I’m not paying for that crap it’s exhausting

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        and the Mojang to Microsoft account migration for Java made a lot of people lose their accounts entirely.

        Hey, it’s me. I contacted support and got a list of info they needed to fix it. I responded with that info and got a reply from a different person with a list of info they needed to fix it. I responded with that info and got a reply from a different person with a list of info they needed to fix it.

        Then I said said “fuck this shit” and gave up to never play again.

        EDIT: You probably guessed, but I should clarify that it was the same list of info, verbatim, each time. Just copy/paste response without reading that I’d already supplied it.

    • Chloé 🥕@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      when bedrock edition was introduced, I’d say

      the marketplace, character creator and partnered servers all have very predatory monetization

      thankfully java resisted enshittification for the most part

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      Can’t speak for OP, but I took a maybe ten-year hiatus from Minecraft and came back to find the were so baby more block types that it clogged my inventory and I felt overwhelmed and just stopped playing again.

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      Micro$oft made some controversies on Minecraft (Minecraft owned by M$)