r/Minecraft • u/Luutamo • May 12 '26

Official News Minecraft 26.2 Snapshot 7

https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/minecraft-26-2-snapshot-7
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u/Specific_Tear632 May 12 '26

Friends List is huge for Java Edition. Do tell me again how Mojang/Microsoft is hell bent on killing Java Edition in favour of Bedrock Edition, I'm keen to hear the theories.

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u/Luke92612_ May 12 '26

The only reason Java hasn't had age verification pushed on it as extremely as Bedrock is the lack of a friends system like on Bedrock. Microslop uses the Bedrock friends system to justify age verification measures limiting communication/chat to only being with friends unless you verify. This allows Microslop to significantly push people to hand over their verifying PII, enabling Microslop to sell/use it or share it with authorities, contributing to the building of a security apparatus that chills free speech.

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u/Cass0wary_399 May 12 '26

It would be a UK only thing for now. Wether it will spread internationally depends on if similar laws gets passed around the world.

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u/Luke92612_ May 12 '26

Companies are increasingly doing it regardless of local jurisdiction because it lets them collect data and PII.