• Donkter@lemmy.world
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      12 days ago

      I think it’s bedrock edition and the many cash grab spinoffs. Afaik og Minecraft is only better than it ever was.

      • renzev@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        11 days ago

        Yeah that’s my experience so far. The only thing Microsoft has managed to ruin so far when it comes to Java edition is the launcher. Luckily there are many great FOSS launchers out there (Prism is my favorite). Everything else is working just fine, and the gameplay updates from the last couple of years have been good.

        • melooone@feddit.org
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          11 days ago

          I can think of a couple more things, like forcing everyone to switch to a Microsoft account and the chat report system. Or the performance problems that were never truly addressed after 1.13. Even the combat update (1.9) I still don’t like.

          But it’s certainly not ruined. As you mentioned, they still regularly update the game with cool features and new blocks, and many of the problems I mentioned can at least be fixed with mods. I would just like to see it fixed properly in the vanilla game.

          +1 for Prism Launcher btw

    • octopus_ink@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      11 days ago

      I had the same reaction. Enshittification came for Windows more than a decade ago, WTH are they thinking with this meme?

    • Agent641@lemmy.world
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      12 days ago

      Why didn’t you just build your own thumb drive out of parts? It just takes a bit of soldering and W steady hand.

    • GladiusB@lemmy.world
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      12 days ago

      I suggest unbuntu or mint for your first. To get acclimated. Arch and others are cool, but they are intense. I run mint and I can play 99 percent of my old games on it through steam.

      • RangerJosie@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        12 days ago

        I went with Mint. Cinnamon edition. Get my feet wet with this. Slip deeper into the pool later maybe.

        • GladiusB@lemmy.world
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          12 days ago

          I don’t see a need to for myself. I went dual boot to make sure I could acclimate with my usage. The only thing that didn’t play well was my HP printer. Which isn’t a loss IMO.

  • Ibaudia@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    11 days ago

    For those wondering about what specifically happened with each:

    Minecraft - microtransactions on Bedrock edition

    Reddit - API changes killing 3rd party apps and streamlining ad delivery

    Netflix - Pricing and library changes making it less and less of a good deal

    Chrome - Manifest V3 killing uBlock Origin and similar content blockers

    Windows - Increasing numbers of ads baked into the system, poorly-made features like Recall, and lack of hardware compatibility with the TPM 2.0 requirement

    • CafecitoHippo@lemm.eeEnglish
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      11 days ago

      Thanks. I was legitimately confused by Minecraft because I never saw anything negative added to Java edition but I’ve never played Bedrock. Minecraft keeps pumping out free content updates so they seem like a good example of what to do for a company.

    • SuperSaiyanSwag@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      10 days ago

      Additional stuff:

      Reddit - becoming more and more like a typical social media website with profile customizations and instant messaging.

      Netflix - ads and now only limited to one household.

      Chrome - might be the bloatiest of all chromium based browsers

  • mindaika@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    11 days ago

    What? Windows has sucked for like 20 years. Google turned to shit when they got rid of “don’t be evil”

    • Nyciferi@kbin.melroy.org
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      12 days ago

      The day Microsoft bought it.

      Man I remembered some silly people who said “They aren’t going to make us have to use Microsoft accounts to still play!”.

      Boy, did Microsoft did in fact do that.

        • JackGreenEarth@lemm.eeEnglish
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          12 days ago

          Yes. You can still use Pojav Launcher on Android for free, but to join uncracked servers you need to sign into a Microsoft account

          • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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            12 days ago

            That’s a pity. I had play stations. My fiancee has an Xbox. With games like that, if she is playing on her Xbox, can she use the same license in the Xbox app that Windows throws in everyone’s face? Or perhaps if I sat down at a computer, can we both play the same place. (Cross play I guess I mean)

            • puppycat@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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              12 days ago

              with Xbox being owned by Microsoft I’m not sure how that works anymore haha

              consoles, phones (mobile does require Microsoft sign in now for online), basically anything that isn’t downloaded from the PC launcher runs bedrock (which you can download on PC as well, originally called windows 10 edition but now I think it’s just in the all-in-one PC minecraft launcher) it’s been a while since i last played on PlayStation but I could play online multiplayer without a Microsoft account, it may or may not be the same on Xbox.

              also I just have to share my opinion that if you’re capable of playing split screen with someone (with almost everything being online and long distance nowadays the opportunities keep getting rarer) it’s so much more fun. so my suggestion is to cozy up on the couch with your fiancee and a blanket and grab a couple Xbox controllers =p

              • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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                11 days ago

                Yeah that’s the only way I’ve played co-op for Minecraft, on the couch. We had a good run of playing ARK together like that for a bit as well. But the controls for co-op have a few issues. If you go to the inventory or upgrades, the buttons for the other player will start to get wonky in their inventory or upgrades. Usually you all together can’t press buttons at all and have to exit until the other player finishes. If you look through a scope, it zooms on the other person’s screen as well, strange flaws that you would think they would have fixed but never did after many updates. Almost forgot. You might get yanked across the map and drown or not be able to see underwater if the other player gets to far or isn’t in the water. Think they fixed the water thing now, haven’t tried it yet though

                But if you have a PlayStation, a short game that I really liked was “A Way Out”. Its a couch co-op jailbreak game. It was made really well I think. The screen even resizes giving each player “priority” parts where it intentionally makes one player take the lead and the other support. Never played another game that did co op so well.

                • puppycat@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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                  11 days ago

                  oh jeez, I knew minecraft really got enshittified but I didn’t think it was that bad, even on bugrock edition

                  I’ll make sure to check it out, thanks for the recommendation :)

    • Chloé 🥕@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      12 days ago

      when bedrock edition was introduced, I’d say

      the marketplace, character creator and partnered servers all have very predatory monetization

      thankfully java resisted enshittification for the most part

    • wander1236@sh.itjust.works
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      12 days ago

      Bedrock is pretty full of microtransactions, upsells, and ads, and the Mojang to Microsoft account migration for Java made a lot of people lose their accounts entirely.

      But the core gameplay of both editions is still fine, and Java is consistently getting more mod-friendly with each release. You also don’t actually have to buy anything in Bedrock; it’s mostly just annoying.

      I don’t really agree that Minecraft is getting enshittified, but I can see why others might.

      • CodingCarpenter@lemm.ee
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        12 days ago

        You can avoid the transactions, but they really lure the kids in. I have to constantly tell my kid I’m not paying for that crap it’s exhausting

      • clif@lemmy.world
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        12 days ago

        and the Mojang to Microsoft account migration for Java made a lot of people lose their accounts entirely.

        Hey, it’s me. I contacted support and got a list of info they needed to fix it. I responded with that info and got a reply from a different person with a list of info they needed to fix it. I responded with that info and got a reply from a different person with a list of info they needed to fix it.

        Then I said said “fuck this shit” and gave up to never play again.

        EDIT: You probably guessed, but I should clarify that it was the same list of info, verbatim, each time. Just copy/paste response without reading that I’d already supplied it.

        • RidderSport@feddit.org
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          12 days ago

          I would also prefer to play on Java, however cross-platform support with Bedrock works really well. And that is actually quite the benefit. That way I can actually for once play a game with friends that are on other consoles or even on mobile.

    • officermike@lemmy.world
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      12 days ago

      Can’t speak for OP, but I took a maybe ten-year hiatus from Minecraft and came back to find the were so baby more block types that it clogged my inventory and I felt overwhelmed and just stopped playing again.

  • KazuchijouNo@lemy.lol
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    12 days ago

    Winbloats was arguably the first one of this list to get enshitiffied. I remember being a 12 yo trying to find an alternative to winbugs because the microsoft account login was required. It’s got worse since then

    • ohellidk@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      12 days ago

      if you can manage to get the IOT LTSC windows 11, it has a ton of that stuff removed by default. it makes it much faster and saves drive space.

      • frezik@midwest.social
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        12 days ago

        I’ve been here since Windows 3.0. I’m not sure when this mythical not-shit Windows was. There were a few I could live with, but none that were good.

    • IAmNotACat@lemmy.world
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      12 days ago

      But Windows is unique in that it can fit a whole lot of shit in it. Way more than one could imagine.

      Minecraft, Chrome etc are a 7 litre compost caddy of shit. Windows is a vast open country waiting to be turned into landfill of human waste.