readerrrr: I appreciate you taking the time to consider the possibility that someone else doesn't know what they're talking about.
Won't you return the favor?
The whole point of Minecraft is user created stuff.
And that's why it never should have been closed-source. It is foolish of users to build their worlds in a closed universe, where a 3rd party could wipe them out on a whim with a forced update.
But we should forgive those users for building on unstable ground: they are children, after all.
Yes, Minecraft has captured the imaginations of a generation of children.
Captured is the operative word.
Minecraft is more open now, than it will ever be at Microsoft.
I need not (and won't) point out that this doesn't mean [...]
Won't you return the favor?
The whole point of Minecraft is user created stuff.
And that's why it never should have been closed-source. It is foolish of users to build their worlds in a closed universe, where a 3rd party could wipe them out on a whim with a forced update.
But we should forgive those users for building on unstable ground: they are children, after all.
Yes, Minecraft has captured the imaginations of a generation of children.
Captured is the operative word.
Minecraft is more open now, than it will ever be at Microsoft.
I need not (and won't) point out that this doesn't mean [...]
Anyway, +1 for Minetest. (You might like it!)