snoochybooch

6 ms·

1.
by snoochybooch 15y ago
"People who buy minecraft buy to play as it is, NOT to play at some hypothetical future state" Evidence?
2.
by snoochybooch 15y ago
This might be a tenable position, except according to this interpretation of the Terms of Purchase they have not fulfilled their end of the bargain, since they do not provide me with a link to download the version of the game that was relea
3.
by snoochybooch 15y ago
Nope. If I buy the game, and then download it a week or two later I do not necessarily get the correct version. Furthermore, any reasonable person expects that if you are truly only purchasing some specific version then you would be able to
4.
by snoochybooch 15y ago
It looks like Mojang don't actually provide you with a download for the game as it is when you pay for it. So they are in violation of their own Terms of Service. Of course, the ToS is just a clumsy attempt to absolve them of liability, and
5.
by snoochybooch 15y ago
Notch made specific promises that have been broken. And as far as what I am "entitled to", Mojang are in violation of their own Terms of Service by not providing me with a download of the version as-is when I paid for it. So what am I entit
6.
by snoochybooch 15y ago
If I send you money to work on project A, and you invest that money on into some other project B while paying lip service to project A then yes, I would say you have a bit of an ethical problem. Notch's criticism is hypocritical, and invali
7.
by snoochybooch 15y ago
I don't care whether you are happy with it or not. It is a poorly written product with many problems. There is a zero-day exploit in SMP allowing people to take over servers that they haven't bothered fixing in the months they've known abou
8.
by snoochybooch 15y ago
If Notch wants to be picky about ethics, let's talk about spending money hiring for the development of a new game (Scrolls) before finishing a game players have essentially advanced him money to complete (Minecraft). Or about sitting on cri