Definitely a good point, Minecraft would have faded without the modding scene, especially performance mods which seem to be the backbone of any Java based playthrough. That’s also part of my problem, I don’t want to have to download mods to turn off the telemetry, chat reports, a button for their servers that are awful. I’d rather invest my time in an open source solution like minetest or other non MSoft options if I’m relying on mods to remove junk.

Honestly used to love Minecraft, still have a soft spot and will likely return to it at some point. All that said, MSoft has made me give up on Mojang and Minecraft. Mojang also just ignores pretty serious feedback about gameplay and don’t seem open to discussion with the community which always creates friction between mojang and the community.

oh wow this is exactly what I was looking for but with mattermost. Gonna have to give this a try later and I’ll see. What are you having trouble installing, the plug-in?