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Why Big Tech’s Lobbyists Are Targeting Self-Hosted Servers (unknownuniverse.uk)
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I recently came across a video by Loyal Moses titled "They're Banning Your Home Server".

This got me thinking about what it means for anyone who likes running their own gear.

The industry lobby's framing around private servers feels like a major mask-off moment for big tech, treating user-controlled hardware as a threat.

I have written a short piece in reaction to the video and would love to hear your thoughts.

Original content by The Unknown Universe, written by a human and not AI generated!

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[–] 14 points 4 days ago (1 child)

I have a feeling Microsoft has been itching to shut down the Java edition since they acquired it. They just know how much publicly comes from content based on the Java edition.

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  • [–] 15 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

    For sure.

    Streamers and content creators all use Java.

    Those creators are the very reason Minecraft gets as much reach as it does.

    If it wasn't for them, Java would be long dead and the game would be stuffed with microtransactions.

    As a long-time player and Java server operator, all I can say is thank you to the streamers for keeping a good thing going.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 days ago

    They've attempted to kill off java several times. It's been second graded for years now in development. Geyser became a chore, using bedrock for java isnt fun anymore(it ran so much smoother, i kinda miss it). The list of bedrock exclusive features keeps growing each patch.

    Not just the streamers, Java's community is massive thanks to Bukkit, Spigot, Paper and the like. They know that dropping java would just result in a fork to a clone. As the majority of the Minecraft community infrastructure is not dependent on Mojang and Microsoft.

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  • [–] 5 points 4 days ago

    Yeah, I have like a half dozen MC containers sitting idle and the kids have access in Proxmox to start and stop them if they want to play. They play bedrock on their Switches but that's the only place they play it.

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