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I suspect the real answer is because Microsoft wanted to monetize Minecraft in a way which was not possible with legacy sales. I bought minecraft back in alpha with the promise that I would get any and all updates and future editions for free with purchase. Microsoft legal saw that agreement and knew it was incompatible with their business goals. They knew that incorporating a microtransaction store would basically require unlimited currency for players like me who had purchased it long ago. So the "simple" answer was to re-implement the entire game without the legal encumbrance of the legacy purchases.
Basically this.
I do want to point out, they COULD do BE ethically. Remove the subscription option and take a cut for all mod sales, and let private server operators and Realms use purchased mods while continuing to not charge players. Then put a legal ToS condition that using Realms requires such servers be operated without profit. Watch people set up private servers and Realms for their friends and charge private servers for API access. Done deal.
Of course, somebody at Microsoft wasn't satisfied with that. They wanted complete control.
Protips for preparing for a potential end of java in a way that at least forces M$ to do something actually productive:
My solution is: no, I will not buy bedrock. I got it for free on xbox gamepass but only my kid plays that and I dont let him use money on microtransactions. Also I wont buy any extensions to my gamepass subscription. When that's done, it's done.
At this point, micro transactions for cosmetics are like candy. Kids will resent you and the values you try to impose if it makes them less able to participate in group activities. Restricting it to an allowance makes sense, disallowing it does not. I say this as someone who was banned from playing any video games as a kid for bullshit reasons.
There's a reason that, when people realized smoking was toxic, they petitioned governments to ban them in increasing amounts and thus eventually de-popularize tobacco, rather than try to get kids to not smoke. If all your friends are allowed to, fuck whatever the reason is that you can't.