Comment by luxuryballs
6 hours ago
This makes the Minecraft model look all that much better than it already was, users pay for an account, the servers are self hosted by the community, as far as I can tell on the surface level Minecraft would already comply with this legislation.
Not quite, afaict. When the auth servers are shut down, you wouldnt be able to play it anymore, even in single player.
Does Minecraft's offline mode not work indefinitely? I'm not familiar with the official launcher but this article [1] doesn't say anything about needing to reconnect occasionally.
[1] https://www.practical-tips.com/games/play-minecraft-offline-...
I imagine people will immediately patch out the auth requirement once the auth servers go away for good.