I admit I also thought they were trying to basically replace java edition with bedrock, so I’m not sure. Just trying to make sense of this move without assuming that Microsoft is being nice about something

What proportion of those sales are for Java edition? This sounds like an attempt to make mods and therefore java edition into a more popular/appealing product. They know that most users are not going to do anything with source code.

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