Tailcat – Like netcat, but over Tailscale’s data plane

When bedrock was announced I was sure Microsoft had won the os arms race and had everything they needed to make an impenetrable monopoly:

* They could make bedrock moddable using .net, and make it so basically every kid interested in programming learned .net

* They could then drop the Java version and get more control over the game with it being harder to mod in un-sanctioned ways while still enabling the content most people want from mods

* And gain a powerful platform they can use to treat Windows/Xbox players better.

* With everyone writing .net it makes more sense to use Windows to develop, effectively reducing the number of fresh developers with posix experience. Stopping the mass exodus to posix since the 2010s MacBook air sublime text nodejs days.

But alas. Microsoft are incompetent. Minecraft was THE tool to turn the future in their favour and they completely overlooked it.

Bedrock exists to make more money. They don't like the Java free modding. They want a marketplace. They want to make money off all content in the game. They want to sell DLC. Make no mistake, they aren't platforming modders to make money because they are charitable. It is because they want to profit, and they can profit at scale by outsourcing the work.

That is in my opinion why most people are against bedrock, including myself. Bedrock is capitalist Minecraft. Enshittified Minecraft, with much more enshittification potential not yet realized. Java version is the only thing protecting bedrock from not being milked further, because it is competition.

They know most people prefer Java. Content creators mostly use Java. But it sells bedrock, and bedrock makes money. And if they can get enough people over, they can kill Java and finally milk bedrock

The Tor network and Onion protocols used to be used for this type of thing 10 or 15 years ago, exposing a home service with a .onion address and then gaining secure private access over the global internet infrastructure that way. But I haven't even seen any Tor related headlines for ages.

Yep. It's like someone asking "How can we make cycling in [city] safer?" and answering it with "Drive a car."

It's really excellent. I've been using Tailscale for a number of years, just for my home network and with a single user, and the service is excellent, and the free tier is incredibly generous.

I'm hoping that my Mullvad subscription (through Tailscale) contributes a little bit at least. Two excellent companies.

I like that there is Headscale as an open-source offering too. I don't use it, but the fact that it exists makes me a lot more comfortable (similar to Bitwarden etc).

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