Kids of today will likely miss Roblox in 15-20 years, but it's unlikely they'll have the chance to play the stuff they missed during their childhoods (programming.dev)

submitted 6 months ago by ICastFist@programming.dev to c/showerthoughts@sh.itjust.works

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Reminiscing on how kids of the 80s, 90s and 00s can all get games of their respective times via emulation and piracy, but anything inside Roblox is likely to be inaccessible when present day kids become adults and look back with nostalgia

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[-] gerald_eliasweb@reddthat.com 5 points 6 months ago

Never be too sure about "will definitely be avalible". Microsoft/Mojang is doing evreything in their power to lock minecraft down and end the days of mods, backward support, and buy once own forever.

[-] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

How? They continue to develop Java alongside Bedrock and maintain both equally. Microsoft has had a decade to wind down Java but they don't. It seems like a general distrust of Microsoft is tainting their support for a developer, which history shows is inaccurate.

[-] gerald_eliasweb@reddthat.com 1 points 6 months ago

Microsoft has been developing Minecraft for less than five years and ever since they have slowly been moving away from the FOSS-ish development style.

[-] Aatube@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 6 months ago

Independent Mojang never had a FOSS-ish development style. For the most direct thing, Minecraft only released code deobfuscation mappings after five years of being a Microsoft subsidiary.

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