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He probably expected that sales would go down to irrelevant. That never happened, instead he got an absurd deal. MS is open sourcing to satisfy modders, eventua
by LolNoGenerics 8y ago
He probably expected that sales would go down to irrelevant. That never happened, instead he got an absurd deal. MS is open sourcing to satisfy modders, eventually for more reach and cash. The intentions are very different and it would be awful to blame notch for that.
- Farradfahren 8y agoCash wise minecraft is a horrible product - there is a limited audience with limited playtime out there. And you cant milk those people of therhe money with lootboxes, with the likes of minecraft. Two more minecraft generations and half the gaming-industry is gone.
- brian_herman 8y agoHit the nail on the head!
- sneak 8y agoNo, you’re right; there are much better things to blame notch for, like being unwilling to address his white supremacism. https://www.gq.com/story/notch-whiteness-tweets https://www.gq.com/story/notch-whiteness-tweets
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- usaelhorn 8y agoIt's ok to be white.
- mnsc 8y agoNice checkmate you bigbrained supersmart intelligent feminist you!
- dang 8y agoPlease don't break the site guidelines yourself, no matter how egregiously another commenter has behaved. This is covered in the guidelines too: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html.
- mnsc 8y agoYou are 100% correct. I know that I have the troll gene (that is troll as in fishing for reactiong, not troll = evil hater) so I need to check myself regularly that my reaction to trolls isn't to try out-troll them. I fight I know I can't win but mainly I respect that it shouldn't be fought here.
- dinkudunk 8y agomuh mayocide
- TheKarateKid 8y agoThe intentions may be different, but it doesn’t mean one of them has to be bad. If MS makes money and users get to do more with the open source code, it’s a win-win.