<div dir="ltr"><div><div>No you're missing the point. The monetization will go something like this:<br></div>"Hey that's a cool mod you made there! How'd you like us to sell it for $4.99 and you can keep two bucks on every purchase?"<br><br></div>On the plus side, that's probably what it's going to take for minecraft to have an actual mod api. Aggressive monetization solves all problems!<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 1:42 PM, Robert Reese <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ale@sixit.com" target="_blank">ale@sixit.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Very sad, disturbing news:<br>
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Mojang just sold their souls to Microsoft. The MS press release specifies which platforms Microsoft will offer Minecraft on. Linux is missing from the list.<br>
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How long before advertising starts being added? In-App Purchases? Your maps taken for their profit? Mod authors receiving Cease and Desist orders for violating Microsoft IP?<br>
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Getting "Realms" was on my to-do list. I'm glad I waited.<br>
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The world got a little darker today.<br>
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Robert~<br>
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