Minecraft

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

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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

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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.^[1]

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

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Minecraft enforceing undisclosed server EULA terms

Main article: Minecraft enforceing undisclosed server EULA termsShort summary of the incident (could be the same as the summary preceding the article).

Shutting down of community-run Minecraft servers by Mojang

Main article: Shutting down of community-run Minecraft servers by MojangShort summary of the incident (could be the same as the summary preceding the article).

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 termsShort summary of the incident (could be the same as the summary preceding the article).

Minecraft Beta pre-1.8's lack of authentication

Main article: Minecraft Beta pre-1.8's lack of authenticationShort summary of the incident (could be the same as the summary preceding the article).

References

↑ Capel, Chris J (2019-09-25). "Believe it or not, the average age of a Minecraft player is 24". PCGamesN. Retrieved 2025-08-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[1] Capel, Chris J (2019-09-25). "Believe it or not, the average age of a Minecraft player is 24". PCGamesN. Retrieved 2025-08-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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