It seems that the good times for online Minecraft play are over
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#2Does anyone have any insight into why Microsoft thought this was necessary? Minecraft has been server-moderated for years now and has been wildly successful. I've never heard of any hate groups or even hateful servers (I'm sure they exist, but they don't make the news in a way that would harm Microsoft).
Is there some legislation that would make it a liability for Microsoft to not moderate all the chat? This move just seems so strange
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#3Surely there's a better recap of the issue than a two month old forum post from a user running cracked servers?
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#4https://www.reddit.com/r/realms/comments/x6wl6j/banned_from_...
Imagine getting banned from your own realm…
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#5I think having an opt-in (on by default in Realms) universal bans system is a good idea and something only Microsoft can properly provide. Can you really not turn this off per server?
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#6I think now is the time for people to be putting their energies into something like Minetest[1] so they can't have the rug pulled on them.
There are already some mods available, but it would be great to see more ported.
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#7Gonna be a lot of very upset kids when their frenemies from school get their account banned from ever playing online again.
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#8Anyone who has ever seen an MS acquisition play out before knew this was coming.
Minecraft has been open for some time, and that has an effect counter to the control that MS seeks over its products.
"Embrace, extend, extinguish" has been the strategy for decades.
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#9Microsoft customer service is abysmal everywhere. I’m currently battling a $20 azure bill that I’m unsure how to pay, customer support keeps directing me to the billing section, which, as I’ve told them, tells me I’m not authorised to access, despite being the subscription owner.
Microsoft UX everywhere I’ve seen is horrible and I feel ripe for disruption. Given the shit they’ve put me through with azure the past 18 months, I hope they lose money when that happens.
Re: It seems that the good times for online Minecraft play are over
#10Does anyone have any insight into why Microsoft thought this was necessary? Minecraft has been server-moderated for years now and has been wildly successful. I've never heard of any hate groups or even hateful servers (I'm sure they exist, but they don't make the news in a way that would harm Microsoft). Is there some legislation that would make it a liability for Microsoft to not moderate all the chat? This move jus…
1. Minecraft has a lot of kids playing it, particularly kids whose parents blame Microsoft for poor behavior rather than learning to parent.
2. California recently passed a bill which would fine companies which fail to prevent kids from accessing features which are "detrimental" to children's health [1]. Naturally, Microsoft doesn't want to get fined for what edgy gamers say online.
3. (speculation) The censorship police that have infected every other major online platform have now reached gaming.
[1] https://techcrunch.com/2022/08/30/californoa-childrens-onlin...