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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.00,0:00:02.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 2020, Mojang made an announcement
Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.48,0:00:04.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they were going to migrate all
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.16,0:00:06.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mojang/Legacy Java Edition
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.36,0:00:08.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Minecraft accounts to Microsoft accounts
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.85,0:00:10.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you had to do it whether
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.49,0:00:11.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you liked it or not
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.48,0:00:12.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, what did I do?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.86,0:00:15.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, I just didn't
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.38,0:00:17.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's right, for the sake of science
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.93,0:00:19.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I intentionally didn't migrate
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.96,0:00:21.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one of my Mojang accounts
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.34,0:00:23.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the goal to document
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.21,0:00:25.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,exactly what would happen to that account
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.17,0:00:27.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and see if there was any possible way
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.43,0:00:29.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I could recover it afterwards
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.15,0:00:31.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This video is over 3 years in the making
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.84,0:00:34.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm finally ready to share my results
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.62,0:00:38.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Introduction Music)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.62,0:00:39.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You heard that right
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.76,0:00:41.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I bought a new Mojang account
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.53,0:00:43.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just to sacrifice it to the Microsoft
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.87,0:00:44.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,overlords
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.92,0:00:46.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, let's set the timeline here
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.61,0:00:48.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On September 2014
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.61,0:00:50.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when Microsoft bought Mojang
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.52,0:00:52.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for $2.5 billion dollars
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.96,0:00:54.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For the next six years,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.46,0:00:57.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Microsoft would pretty much mostly
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.29,0:00:59.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,keep their hands off Java edition
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.75,0:01:03.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was until October 21, 2020
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.48,0:01:05.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just as we thought we were in the clear
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.34,0:01:06.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from Microsoft's wrath
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.60,0:01:08.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the official announcement was made
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.81,0:01:10.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about merging Mojang accounts
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.50,0:01:12.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to Microsoft accounts
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.06,0:01:13.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, after this announcement
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.62,0:01:15.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there was a period where users
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.40,0:01:16.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were still able to create
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.82,0:01:18.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,new Mojang accounts
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.33,0:01:19.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, three days later
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.83,0:01:21.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's exactly what I did
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.79,0:01:23.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And with this email
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.18,0:01:24.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of my receipts sent to me
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.57,0:01:26.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on October 24th, 2020
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.73,0:01:29.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my experiment officially began
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.51,0:01:30.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For the first few months
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.83,0:01:32.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,really nothing happened at all
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.45,0:01:33.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I occasionally logged in
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.85,0:01:35.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and played Minecraft normally
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.86,0:01:36.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with my Mojang account
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.93,0:01:38.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when December, 2020
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.76,0:01:39.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rolled around
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.46,0:01:41.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all new Minecraft account purchases
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.76,0:01:44.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,started to be Microsoft accounts
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.06,0:01:46.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's when I knew that they were serious
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.16,0:01:48.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about this whole Microsoft account thing
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.46,0:01:50.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But existing Mojang accounts
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.07,0:01:52.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were not able to migrate yet
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.55,0:01:53.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From the start,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.42,0:01:55.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mojang said that Microsoft account
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.38,0:01:56.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,migration would begin in
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.65,0:01:58.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,early 2021
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.11,0:02:00.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But March 31st, 2021
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.49,0:02:02.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,came and went
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.14,0:02:04.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and still no migration
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.00,0:02:06.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,3 months later in early June,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.05,0:02:08.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,still players were not able to migrate
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.98,0:02:10.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought for a bit
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.03,0:02:11.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I was in the clear
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.30,0:02:13.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As I had quite the hesitation
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.05,0:02:14.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to migrating my Mojang accounts
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.62,0:02:15.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to Microsoft
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.59,0:02:16.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're a big company that
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.93,0:02:18.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,collects a lot of user data
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.39,0:02:19.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and had a terms of service
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.70,0:02:21.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was vastly different
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.03,0:02:22.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the Minecraft EULA
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.58,0:02:23.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Essentially meaning,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.72,0:02:25.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we had to agree to both
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.26,0:02:26.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I felt like this was kind of
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.80,0:02:28.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a sneaky move on their part
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.32,0:02:30.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to gain more legal control
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.07,0:02:31.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over Minecraft accounts
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.19,0:02:32.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without having to announce
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.52,0:02:33.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a huge change
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.79,0:02:35.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the Minecraft EULA
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.54,0:02:36.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And not surprisingly,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.74,0:02:39.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people didn't take much notice to this
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.12,0:02:40.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But as June progressed,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.62,0:02:42.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Migration was finally opened
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.51,0:02:43.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to select accounts
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.79,0:02:45.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and would slowly keep expanding
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.70,0:02:47.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to others over the next few months
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.45,0:02:50.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Until, eventually, all Mojang accounts
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.15,0:02:51.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were available to migrate
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.48,0:02:52.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many months later,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.74,0:02:54.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on February 18th, 2022
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.54,0:02:56.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I received my first actual email
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.75,0:02:58.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from Mojang about account migration
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.80,0:03:01.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They said, starting on March 10
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.05,0:03:02.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,users would no longer be able
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.97,0:03:03.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to log into Minecraft
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.98,0:03:05.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with their Mojang accounts
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.23,0:03:07.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but that day came and went
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.64,0:03:08.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And because I was using
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.82,0:03:10.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the old Minecraft launcher
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.19,0:03:11.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that didn't have auto-updating
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.71,0:03:13.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or have insane amounts of
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.19,0:03:14.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bloats or eye candy
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.79,0:03:16.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was still able to log in
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.37,0:03:17.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with my Mojang accounts
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.60,0:03:19.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and play on Minecraft servers
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.70,0:03:22.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all the way until August 2022
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.42,0:03:24.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when Mojang stopped allowing
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.20,0:03:25.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unmigrated accounts
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.46,0:03:26.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to authenticate when
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.57,0:03:28.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,joining Minecraft servers
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.01,0:03:29.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was the turning point
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.27,0:03:30.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I was pretty much forced
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.90,0:03:32.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to migrate all of my other
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.46,0:03:33.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Minecraft accounts
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.69,0:03:35.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,except for this one
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.32,0:03:36.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, from here on out
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.60,0:03:39.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this account was essentially unusable
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.03,0:03:40.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then starting on September 1st,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.99,0:03:42.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and continuing over the course
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.57,0:03:43.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of 8 months
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.48,0:03:45.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got three more reminder emails
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.89,0:03:47.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that were identical to the last one
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.75,0:03:51.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then on May 17th, 2023,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.01,0:03:52.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I received another email
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.84,0:03:55.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,announcing the last day to migrate
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.46,0:03:58.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was on September 19, 2023
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.70,0:04:00.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That marked the official deadline
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.95,0:04:02.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to where I would not be able to
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.58,0:04:04.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,migrate my accounts after that date
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.99,0:04:07.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just 9 days before the final day
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.54,0:04:09.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got one final email reminder
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.92,0:04:11.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,saying it was time to migrate
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.80,0:04:14.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nope, not gonna happen
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.87,0:04:18.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The day has come
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.34,0:04:20.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,migrations to Microsoft accounts
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.64,0:04:22.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have officially ended
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.51,0:04:23.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Except suprisingly,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.81,0:04:25.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mojang very graciously
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.96,0:04:27.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,gave us hold outs
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.61,0:04:29.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,90 extra days
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.04,0:04:31.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to give us new copies of Minecraft
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.47,0:04:33.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, this was a turning point for me