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Comments locked as users on /r/PiratedGames argue over whether Minecraft's account migration constitutes theft

https://old.reddit.com/r/PiratedGames/comments/1de1agu/microsoft_deleted_my_minecraft_account_this_is/

Original post:

Microsoft deleted my Minecraft account. This is why I pirate

A surfer of the high seas makes a post about his Minecraft account getting locked because they didn't migrate their Mojang account to a Microsoft account.

Mods say:

Comments locked because it's just a battle of the "this was an easy thing to do and you had plenty of warning" crowd VS "you should be able to keep the game no matter what if you paid for it" crowd.

Both have merits, and yet everyone is now slinging insults and getting personal. Just ridiculous.


some threads:

-Strawman:

The way they rolled out this change out was super fair, actually. I think they gave people well over a year to migrate their accounts

They deny access to a game you have bought. That is never fair no matter how many strawmen you throw at it.

-Whiny idiot:

It's literally a simple web server, dirt cheap especially for a company like Microsoft. They just stopped giving a frick and realized legally they could get away with screwing over the millions of unmigrated players.

You could not be more wrong... They gave you AMPLE time to migrate your account... It just makes you a whiny idiot.

-Dumbshit:

They gave you a lot of time to migrate. they warned people multiple times that it would happen both in email and inside the launcher. if it took this long for you to realize this was happening, you deserve to pay the $30 again.

What if someone had quit the game and decided to come back to the game? Dumbshit argument

Don't ignore emails/the hundreds of reminders that were all over the internet?

-Pirating:

others already commented on whether or not ur reason is a good one but you really dont need to justify yourself. just pirate if you want to, theres not much more to it

-Peepeeriding:

The company peepeeriding here's very crazy. Sucks for you man! Maybe try sending them an email

Peepeeriding a company that gives you spyware for free on windows 11 insane.

Its not peepeeriding microsoft... Despite microsoft is a shit, in this case OP just cant complain, they warned a lot of times for ~2 years in diferent ways, and he realized like 1 year late. Dont blame microsoft for being lazy for years... Does OP want to pirate games? Go ahead, but dont use this to justify himself

If OP has a life, he would be reading their emails as their job probably needs them to keep up to date with it. It's not defending the practice, it's defending fricking common sense.

-Cuckery:

so much cuckery in replies on a piracy subreddit of all places

it's a digital game they can always ask for proof of purchase or something like that to validate a genuine customer

Comments are really split nearly 50/50, with highly upvoted and downvoted posts on each side. it seems like the juiciest ones may have been deleted, but the arguments and multi-paragraphs responses are strong with this one.


https://old.reddit.com/r/SubredditDrama/comments/1deh5qe/comments_locked_as_users_on_rpiratedgames_argue/

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just pirate if you want to, theres not much more to it

This TBH. Stop giving a shit about MUH MORALS IN DOWNLOABING and just steal shit unapologetically.

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MS certainly didn't gave shit about morals when it shit on og Minecraft agreement. Like Minecraft og users didn't paid when they bought that game to make an MS account and use it

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:#soycry:

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I am stating the obvious fΠ°got, I personally have jailbroken ps5 and as make cheats for ps games for fun so I personally don't care much about licensing and even dislike some patents. But from objective point MS did shit on consumer rights with that action and not calling it out would be gay just like you. Hope your PMS ends soon.

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:#soycry:

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Did I hurt you today that much ?

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Yeah for real. Do people not understand the β€œpirate” analogy? Pirates were not morally upstanding revolutionaries, they liked to steal shit and murder people, which is based as heck.

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So we should :marseynorm: murder :marseydeadpooner: Microsoft :marseyclippy: then, right?

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:#marseyagree:

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KILL PEOPLE

BURN SHIT

FRICK SCHOOL

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Neighbor I pirate gaymes that are free, are there really such corny-butt neighbors that weep over not paying 10 bucks to sony?????? Get real nigguh

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:quote: i pirate games because this game i paid $10 for 20 years ago and haven't played or even thought about for 10 years doesn't work anymore! :hmph: :quote:

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If I pay for something, it is mine by divine right, and I will not let the laws of man say otherwise.

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:#marseydoit:

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Playing nu-minecraft is an L anyway. Microsoft Mojang obv has no idea how to actually make a sandbox game like the original minecraft so they just keep adding in new adventure content which you can only interact with in a few select ways. Its a miracle I was actually able to migrate my old mojang account to an MS one. Its also a miracle they still have active linux ports plus a tarball option

https://i.rdrama.net/images/17182301710813475.webp

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Just play vintage story

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Why the frick are there so many people who feel the need to gorge themselves on corporate peepee so much, especially in a forum about piracy.

:#marseysquint:

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Zoomers have even gentrified piracy.

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Zoomers dont even know what piracy looks like. They all pay subcriptions instead. :marseysigh:

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Giving money to Micro$oft is never okay. RMS is rolling in his grave

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you know that neighbor ain't dead, right?

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How would he roll in his grave if he were dead? Dead people can't roll

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They gave you a lot of time to migrate. they warned people multiple times that it would happen both in email and inside the launcher. if it took this long for you to realize this was happening, you deserve to pay the $30 again.

Well technically he didn't bought this game from Microsoft so on og contract of this game there was nothing written about Microsoft so it makes no sense for him losing access to that game because Microsoft bought the game studio and decided to not respect original agreement of that game.

It's same situation as heck drivers

So are Minecraft g*mers more cucks than heck drivers is the real question

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Then just pirate it and shut the frick up? Just do it? Who's gonna stop you lol?

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Problem is that you lose access to premium servers on cracked version

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Oh I never bought. Had pirated it on ps vita and ps4 but never launched it since the game never interested me

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I don't mean you. I mean the people crying about it. Like frick 'em just pirate it? Why is that even a question?

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Op has dissonance with his morals. Piracy -> stealing -> bad.

So he made that post to talk him self it's normal and hope to get some support. So he should be shamed for being such cutie twink.

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So are Minecraft g*mers more cucks than heck drivers is the real question

:marseyagreesuperspeed:

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The reason they did this in the first place is because there were massive databases of compromised minecraft accounts. You could go to some free websites, click a button, watch an ad, and instantly be given a new minecraft account to log in with. Anyway this guy is at the login screen and already malding about his freedoms. Dids't thou but know. It's probably best he doesn't see what else has happened.

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The only wrong thing Notch did was not open sourcing MC

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I hope his grandchildren are rich from not open sourcing it LMAO

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Notch should join here.

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>grandchildren

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1. Migrating was actually a pain in the butt if you only had a simple Microsoft account and not whatever xbox thing or something. It was buggy af, required you to login with different credentials to several places, not documented at all. Like, something you could spend 20 frustrating minutes on, not 20 seconds clicking the "ok migrate me" button and entering your new account name.

2. However old school Minecraft doesn't have single player DRM, no? It's only need for multiplayer and maybe for updates IIRC. So to all the people who are, like, boo, I want to physically own a copy of the game on my computer, not rent it from the developer subject to its whims: you have your wish, you can play your copy in perpetuity, but if you lose it that's your problem, you can't expect the developer to give you a replacement (unless you put in the minimal effort to maintain your account on their site).

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Can't you just host your own server :marseywaiter: and play Minecraft :marseydiamondsword: that way though?

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They've forced you to migrate if you logged in since like 2014. This is the digital equivalent of finally tossing your old wii.

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There is a peepee sized hole in your brain where your ability to create original thoughts used to be. It has rotted out of your head and dribbles out your ears, you have then taken said goo and smeared it across your computer monitor. You have been so thoroughly skullfricked all e-drama looks like a 90's sitcom with 2 directionless plot lines recycled ad infinitum.

Snapshots:

https://old.reddit.com/r/PiratedGames/comments/1de1agu/microsoft_deleted_my_minecraft_account_this_is/:

Comments locked because it's just a battle of the "this was an easy thing to do and you had plenty of warning" crowd VS "you should be able to keep the game no matter what if you paid for it" crowd.:

The way they rolled out this change out was super fair, actually. I think they gave people well over a year to migrate their accounts:

They deny access to a game you have bought. That is never fair no matter how many strawmen you throw at it.:

It's literally a simple web server, dirt cheap especially for a company like Microsoft. They just stopped giving a frick and realized legally they could get away with screwing over the millions of unmigrated players.:

You could not be more wrong... They gave you AMPLE time to migrate your account... It just makes you a whiny idiot.:

They gave you a lot of time to migrate. they warned people multiple times that it would happen both in email and inside the launcher. if it took this long for you to realize this was happening, you deserve to pay the $30 again.:

What if someone had quit the game and decided to come back to the game? Dumbshit argument:

Don't ignore emails/the hundreds of reminders that were all over the internet?:

others already commented on whether or not ur reason is a good one but you really dont need to justify yourself. just pirate if you want to, theres not much more to it:

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you will own nothing

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Poor

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