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Re:I liberate the ending to Minecraft from Microsoft and giv... by mcv on Thursday December 08, 2022 @07:12AM (#33907026)
That story sounds way worse. Mick Gordon seemed to understand the business side better than the people at Id he was talking to. That's more of a sad story of a guy being treated poorly by an incompetent/malicious company steamrolling over him, throwing him under the bus, refusing to listen to reason, and doubling down every step of the way with no justice in sight.

Julian's story is more a story of a misunderstood artist caring more about the art than the money, mistaking contract work for friendship, struggling with the consequences, hating himself for it, and finally coming to terms with it.

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Re:I liberate the ending to Minecraft from Microsoft and giv... by moffkalast on Thursday December 08, 2022 @09:21AM (#33908126)
> mistaking contract work for friendship

That seems to happen quite often. People forget that it's impossible to be friends with someone who's employing you without some major conflicts of interest on both sides.

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