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Re:Dear startups: I hate subscription services (2021) by ekianjo on Saturday July 30, 2022 @11:54PM (#32293014)
Something called Minecraft seems to disagree with your conclusion.
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Re:Dear startups: I hate subscription services (2021) by cinntaile on Sunday July 31, 2022 @04:22AM (#32294177)
The general trend is clearly towards not providing server binaries. You'll find some exceptions here and there, but that doesn't mean it's coming back.
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Re:Dear startups: I hate subscription services (2021) by ekianjo on Sunday July 31, 2022 @07:50PM (#32300058)
> You'll find some exceptions here and there

The exception is the most played multiplayer game in the world.

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Re:Dear startups: I hate subscription services (2021) by cinntaile on Monday August 01, 2022 @01:44AM (#32302495)
This is not correct and even if it was it wouldn't affect my point. You used to run your own multiplayer servers, now this is the exception to the rule.
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