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0 pointsACCount374mo ago0 comments

Minecraft by itself is benign, but online servers? Oh boy.

Full tilt P2W servers, ran by low key cybercriminals, with I Can't Believe It's Not Gambling mechanics targeting children. And Mojang itself is adding fuel to the fire by selling paid mods - for Bedrock only, which is the version most children play.

Then there's the usual boon of online gaming - getting to interact with the shadiest characters you've ever met online.

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astroflection4mo ago

> And Mojang itself is adding fuel to the fire by...

You mean Microsoft.

recursive4mo ago

What's wrong with paid mods?

prophesi4mo ago

Not OP, but for me I'm wary whenever I see in-game currency (Minecoins). Thankfully there are no gambling mechanics tied in to Minecoins directly, but the server ecosystem is still rampant with gambling just the same[0].

[0] https://feedback.minecraft.net/hc/en-us/community/posts/3600...

recursive4mo ago

I agree regarding in-game currency. I find it distasteful. But in my mind, paid mods are a different thing that can exist independently. I don't find those distasteful. I find their existence slightly positive.

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thrance4mo ago

It feels like monetizing something that used to be free and built by passionate tinkerers for its own sake. It's destroying yet another part of that hacker culture some people so very often reminisce about on this site.

Me personally, I absolutely hate it. I got into programming to mod my favorite games of the time, Minecraft among them. My first exposure to actual code was through reading open source mods and trying to modify them to achieve my own ideas.

recursive4mo ago

As far as I know, you can still write free mods outside the mod store to your heart's content, just as you ever could. The existence of paid mods doesn't seem to limit your ability to do that.

PunchyHamster4mo ago

> with I Can't Believe It's Not Gambling mechanics targeting children

snapcaster4mo ago

I don't really understand why those things are bad? Making your server executable available for dedicated servers is common (and good!) and selling paid mods just seems like selling software to me

edit: the private server operators might be bad, but I don't see how this is Minecraft's fault (or how it doesn't apply to every game that allows dedicated servers)

jvanderbot4mo ago

> Minecraft itself is benign

So, I dont think anyone said it was their fault, just that it's being exploited.

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astroflection4mo ago

> And Mojang itself is adding fuel to the fire by...

You mean Microsoft.

recursive4mo ago

What's wrong with paid mods?

prophesi4mo ago

[0] https://feedback.minecraft.net/hc/en-us/community/posts/3600...

recursive4mo ago

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thrance4mo ago

recursive4mo ago

As far as I know, you can still write free mods outside the mod store to your heart's content, just as you ever could. The existence of paid mods doesn't seem to limit your ability to do that.

PunchyHamster4mo ago

> with I Can't Believe It's Not Gambling mechanics targeting children

snapcaster4mo ago

I don't really understand why those things are bad? Making your server executable available for dedicated servers is common (and good!) and selling paid mods just seems like selling software to me

edit: the private server operators might be bad, but I don't see how this is Minecraft's fault (or how it doesn't apply to every game that allows dedicated servers)

jvanderbot4mo ago

> Minecraft itself is benign

So, I dont think anyone said it was their fault, just that it's being exploited.

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