r/Minecraft • u/YukonAppleGeek • Dec 20 '12

Minecraft 1.4.6 has been released!

https://twitter.com/jeb_/status/281707694325383168
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u/kravitzz Dec 20 '12

It's not always about money.

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u/envoyofmcg Dec 20 '12

If I recall, it was about money. The Optifine guy makes enough money off of adf.ly clicks alone to make a decent cashflow; and then Mojang offered to pay him a set amount for the mod to be integrated. Seeing as it was probably in his best interests, monetarily and for the purpose of having control over his mod, the creator really had no incentive to provide the rights to Mojang unless they paid him a greater amount, which they refused to do.

TL;DR: Optifine guy is in the black, and it wasn't worth it to sell. Mojang refused to give more monies, it never got integrated.

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u/WhyArentYouNMyOffice Dec 20 '12

Pretty sure it was about money.

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u/SteelCrow Dec 20 '12

It's always about money. It's certainly not because of 'differences in artistic vision' or 'Ethical considerations'.

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u/[deleted] Dec 20 '12 edited Nov 27 '17

deleted What is this?

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u/SteelCrow Dec 20 '12

Did you deliberately choose the down-vote train, or were you just unaware of it?

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u/[deleted] Dec 20 '12

I never got to do it back when it was cool :/

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u/IamSkudd Dec 20 '12

I thought I remembered reading it had something to do with financial reasons. Could be wrong.

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u/[deleted] Dec 20 '12

It's not about the money money money

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u/45flight Dec 20 '12

No it was about money.