I would rather kids pirate Minecraft than play Roblox - even if Microsoft is making the mobile version microtransaction hell, Roblox is exploitative in every layer of platform - developers, players, parents, employees, everyone except the shareholders gets sharked and abused.
Roblox continues efforts for child safety by expanding age estimation to all users by end of the year
Submitted 1 month ago by themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to technology@lemmy.world
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Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
My kids got into Minecraft.
I gave my oldest an old laptop. Put Kinoite on it. Now he prefers java edition.
Minecraft doesn’t need much. It plays acceptably (for him) on a T460p…I think that’s like a 6th Gen i7…as long as he doesn’t go too crazy with mods.
Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
Honestly at that point the bottleneck would be Windows if he’s using that as the operating system, and RAM. I still play modded Java edition to this day, since 2014 :)
ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 1 month ago
For anyone who’s not aware, there are some pretty cool open source Minecraft options. Like Luanti (which is more like a playground for all sorts of FOSS Minecraft variants).
cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 1 month ago
Luanti is significantly lighter weight than modern versions of Minecraft. It doesn’t need a dedicated GPU and will run on almost anything.
fragrantvegetable@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
I’ve enjoyed playing Mineclonia on Luanti with my kid. I don’t know how it compares to real Minecraft but it’s been perfectly serviceable for our needs. It even has an Android client.
Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
I’m of the opinion that Luanti =/= Minecraft, and can’t provide a similar experience vanilla or modded, but it’s still a useful development tool and sandbox for those who understand its capabilities.
Wildmimic@piefed.social 1 month ago
Yeah, i remember reading an article where child devs were getting burnout from working inhumane hours, organized through discord with shit like standups and all the crap from offices, but without pay, health insurance or vacation time, on top of a shitton of bullying - and Roblox gets their cut through their marketplace
Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
Not sure if it’s the same source, but People Make Games (Independent Journalists) made two excellent documentaries on the subject:
tabular@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I estimate that won’t do much.
ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 1 month ago
It should at the very least get a new, better CEO. And also calm down with their focus on getting older users and encouraging user dating services. They have a solid user base with younger users, and should be focused on them and their protection.
But yeah, just shutting down might be the best option.
Blackfeathr@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Why tf are they encouraging dating when their userbase is primarily children???
That’s just asking for more predators on their platform!
ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Yeah it’s crazy. They are trying to cater to older users, probably because they feel they can get more money from them.
etchinghillside@reddthat.com 1 month ago
Just to confirm – we’re all aware that it is very likely something will come in to take its place?
ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 1 month ago
The kids will probably swarm over to Fortnite or Minecraft. They’re both capable of filling the niche