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submitted 10 months ago by TheronGuard@hexbear.net to c/games@hexbear.net

I hate always online licensing DRM schemes cursed-woog

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[-] DayOfDoom@hexbear.net 13 points 10 months ago

When did this get implemented? I'm guessing with the new non-Java version of the game?

[-] TheronGuard@hexbear.net 16 points 10 months ago

This was in Microsoft's Minecraft launcher, so probably whenever that got introduced. I've only got the Java version though.

[-] Zvyozdochka@hexbear.net 12 points 10 months ago

If you own Java Edition, you also own Bedrock Edition and vise versa.

[-] TheronGuard@hexbear.net 4 points 10 months ago

I've never used it though shrug-outta-hecks

[-] raven@hexbear.net 3 points 10 months ago

Is that true? I thought if you had bought java before a certain point you automatically got bedrock when it launched, but it's still just one license?

[-] Zvyozdochka@hexbear.net 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Yep! If you owned either one before June 7th 2022, you got the other one automatically given to you. And if you didn't own either of them before that date and you buy from the official website you get both Java Edition and Bedrock Edition.

https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/java---bedrock-edition-pc-out-june-7

[-] RandomVideos@programming.dev 2 points 10 months ago

Its way easier to pirate the bedrock version of the game compared to the java version

[-] DayOfDoom@hexbear.net 2 points 10 months ago

I haven't played Minecraft since they got bought out by Microsoft. So I have no idea what's happening with it these days. I remember my friend recommended the game to me and I missed out on paying $5 for the Alpha version by like a week and got the Beta version for $10, I think (or maybe it was 10 and 15).

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