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.

    • toastal@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

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

        • toastal@lemmy.ml
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          1 year ago

          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.

        • slacktoid@lemmy.mlEnglish
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          1 year ago

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

            • slacktoid@lemmy.mlEnglish
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              1 year ago

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

                • slacktoid@lemmy.mlEnglish
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                  1 year ago

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