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		HenryMulligan 4 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Minecraft: Java Edition now uses SDL3 If both sides are willing to do that, why didn't they do that the first time instead of creating Minecraft PE?
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small_scombrus 3 days ago [–]

PE was created in a time where phones were VERY unimpressive when it came to compute

mghackerlady 3 days ago | [–]

Also, minecraft wasn't nearly as big as it was today. It was noticeable, but it wasn't headed by microsoft. There's no way it would've gotten an exception

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