On this day 10 years ago, Microsoft acquired #Minecraft developer Mojang for US$2.5 billion.
https://minecraft.wiki/w/Mojang_Studios#History

In a blog post announcing the purchase, Owen Jones wrote: “Everything is going to be OK. <3”
http://web.archive.org/web/20140915131835/https://mojang.com/2014/09/yes-were-being-bought-by-microsoft/

Ten years later, Mojang now has been part of Microsoft almost twice as long as it has been independent.

It’s interesting to look back at the original announcement video from Xbox as well:
https://youtu.be/lXNWchwDiG8

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    2 months ago

    @RandomVideos Because it still platforms the person, even if indirectly. You might remember the slightly wonky paintings made by a certain Austrian painter that plagiarized Chaplin’s mustache, right?

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      2 months ago

      But minecraft removed all references (that i know of) to notch

      How would supporting a game paltform its creator if they are no longer involved with it

      And how would removing all the assets and code made by that creator fix the issue?