Reminiscing on how kids of the 80s, 90s and 00s can all get games of their respective times via emulation and piracy, but anything inside Roblox is likely to be inaccessible when present day kids become adults and look back with nostalgia

  • gerald_eliasweb@reddthat.com
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    7
    ·
    1 month ago

    Never be too sure about “will definitely be avalible”. Microsoft/Mojang is doing evreything in their power to lock minecraft down and end the days of mods, backward support, and buy once own forever.

    • ChicoSuave@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      5
      ·
      1 month ago

      How? They continue to develop Java alongside Bedrock and maintain both equally. Microsoft has had a decade to wind down Java but they don’t. It seems like a general distrust of Microsoft is tainting their support for a developer, which history shows is inaccurate.

      • gerald_eliasweb@reddthat.com
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        1 month ago

        Microsoft has been developing Minecraft for less than five years and ever since they have slowly been moving away from the FOSS-ish development style.

        • Aatube@lemmy.dbzer0.com
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          1
          ·
          14 days ago

          Independent Mojang never had a FOSS-ish development style. For the most direct thing, Minecraft only released code deobfuscation mappings after five years of being a Microsoft subsidiary.