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You have 15$. How would you spend it so that you'll be the happiest you can be for 15$ ? (lemm.ee)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by red_pigeon@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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And yes you have to spend it all

Edit: There are a lot of little good things in these answers that I often ignore. Thanks everyone.

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[–] lud@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Minecraft is still a really good game that still gets fairly large updates.

[–] toastal@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It’s being milked for Bedrock & there are dozens of free software alternatives with VoxeLibre being a standout

[–] lud@lemm.ee 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

Use java than 🤷

Or use bedrock and ignore all the bullshit if you can.

Are free versions even close to Minecraft in features, polish, and all that?

I personally think that Minecraft is one of the best games you can buy for the fairly low price, community, multiplayer, etc.

[–] toastal@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

They are more than complete/polished with multiplatform support, with healthy modding communites, & better performance since they aren’t built on Java. In the past your money went to the developers—now it goes to megacorp Microsoft with little done in terms of maintenance.

[–] lud@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago

Minecraft has gotten a lot of updates after Microsoft bought Mojang.

I don't personally mind paying a small amount for a good product that is constantly getting better after many years.

Sure Java could have better performance but it's rare that it matters much on modern computers.

You do you but I don't think paying for things is the end of the world.

[–] slacktoid@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

At that point play the free alternative and dont give your money to Microsoft. Do you love throwing your hard earned money at Microsoft?

[–] lud@lemm.ee 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I just doubt that the free alternatives are as good and Minecraft is really cheap anyways.

[–] slacktoid@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Have you tried the free alternatives? I guess to me its not the price alone its the principles of giving Microsoft money.

[–] lud@lemm.ee 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

But why would I really care if the money is going to Microsoft and Mojang if I'm getting a very good product?

[–] slacktoid@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 months ago

Cause they have a history of embrace, extend, and extinguish, and they have played a key role in enshittification of tech and internet.