And yes you have to spend it all

Edit: There are a lot of little good things in these answers that I often ignore. Thanks everyone.

  • toastal@lemmy.ml
    2·
    5 months ago

    For zero monies you & your friends could run VoxeLibre which has better performance characteristics. Microsoft doesn’t deserve your money or your user data, but I am sure VoxeLibre or Minetest wouldn’t mind a donation.

    • lud@lemm.ee
      1·
      5 months ago

      Minecraft is still a really good game that still gets fairly large updates.

      • toastal@lemmy.ml
        1·
        5 months ago

        It’s being milked for Bedrock & there are dozens of free software alternatives with VoxeLibre being a standout

        • lud@lemm.ee
          11·
          5 months ago

          Use java than 🤷

          Or use bedrock and ignore all the bullshit if you can.

          Are free versions even close to Minecraft in features, polish, and all that?

          I personally think that Minecraft is one of the best games you can buy for the fairly low price, community, multiplayer, etc.

          • toastal@lemmy.ml
            1·
            5 months ago

            They are more than complete/polished with multiplatform support, with healthy modding communites, & better performance since they aren’t built on Java. In the past your money went to the developers—now it goes to megacorp Microsoft with little done in terms of maintenance.

            • lud@lemm.ee
              1·
              5 months ago

              Minecraft has gotten a lot of updates after Microsoft bought Mojang.

              I don’t personally mind paying a small amount for a good product that is constantly getting better after many years.

              Sure Java could have better performance but it’s rare that it matters much on modern computers.

              You do you but I don’t think paying for things is the end of the world.

          • slacktoid@lemmy.mlEnglish
            1·
            5 months ago

            At that point play the free alternative and dont give your money to Microsoft. Do you love throwing your hard earned money at Microsoft?

            • lud@lemm.ee
              11·
              5 months ago

              I just doubt that the free alternatives are as good and Minecraft is really cheap anyways.

              • slacktoid@lemmy.mlEnglish
                1·
                5 months ago

                Have you tried the free alternatives? I guess to me its not the price alone its the principles of giving Microsoft money.

                • lud@lemm.ee
                  11·
                  5 months ago

                  But why would I really care if the money is going to Microsoft and Mojang if I’m getting a very good product?

                  • slacktoid@lemmy.mlEnglish
                    1·
                    5 months ago

                    Cause they have a history of embrace, extend, and extinguish, and they have played a key role in enshittification of tech and internet.