Minecraft

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Minecraft

Basic Information
Release Year	2011
Product Type	Video Games
In Production	Yes
Official Website	https://www.minecraft.net/en-us

Minecraft is a 2011 multiplayer sandbox game made by Mojang Studios. Once acquired by Microsoft, the game began to harvest telemetry data, force users to comply with an ever shifting EULA to keep access to the paid game, and hide various clauses in the EULA from the public.

Consumer impact summary

Overview of concerns that arise from the conduct towards users of the product (if applicable):

• User Freedom
• User Privacy
• Business Model
• Market Control

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Under Microsoft, Minecraft has undergone multiple changes in order to acquire more user data. These practices are especially concerning since a significant amount of Minecraft players are children.

Incidents

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This is a list of all consumer protection incidents related to this product. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the Minecraft category.

Minecraft account migration

Main article: Minecraft account migration

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Minecraft post-purchase ownership rights changes

Main article: Minecraft post-purchase ownership rights changes

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Minecraft enforceing undisclosed server EULA terms

Main article: Minecraft enforceing undisclosed server EULA terms

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Shutting down of community-run Minecraft servers by Mojang

Main article: Shutting down of community-run Minecraft servers by Mojang

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Minecraft usage of terms of service, that do not exist or documents behind NDA for legal take down of mods

Main article: Minecraft enforceing undisclosed server EULA terms

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Minecraft Beta pre-1.8's lack of authentication

Main article: Minecraft Beta pre-1.8's lack of authentication

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See also

Microsoft

Mojang