alt Hacker NewsI don't own a Windows computer so I only play the Java Edition, which still shockingly gets regularly updates and is very mod-friendly even still. When MS bought Minecraft I assumed that they were going to drop support for the Java version but I was clearly wrong about that.
Didn't know about the lawsuit though, I will give that a look.
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> which still shockingly gets regularly updates
AFAIK Java Edition is still the actual development branch. Mojang develops new updates for Java Edition first, then lets another team port them to Bedrock.
> When MS bought Minecraft I assumed that they were going to drop support for the Java version but I was clearly wrong about that
Oh they sure wish that but the community loves java and for a good reason actually but their first step towards this was migrating mojang accounts into microsoft accounts as previously bedrock had microsoft accounts iirc and java had mojang accounts and microsoft accounts both but they have now blocked mojang accounts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_UF_4gZclI (Mojang screwed us, now we're suing them)
Mojang and apparently someone at Microsoft who listens are smart enough to know that while most of the Minecraft revenue comes from bugrock, 99% of YouTube content comes from Java.
They need that and the modding community to keep the game alive so that new players buy a copy on phone/console/etc.