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0 pointsepiccoleman13d ago0 comments

> Granting kids access to our own minercraft servers: My god, I felt dirty about what the other parents had to go through to enable that.

This is a hobby horse of mine to the point that coworkers probably wish I'd just stfu about Minecraft - but holy shit is it crazy how many different things you need to get right to get kids playing together.

I genuinely have no idea how parents without years of "navigating technical bullshit" experience ever manage to make it happen. Juggling Microsoft accounts, Nintendo accounts, menu-diving through one of 37 different account details pages , Xbox accounts, GamePass subscriptions - it's just fucking crazy!

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teekert13d ago

I always wonder about this. I read most dialogs (as I do) but man, the sanity of most people must require that they just next next next this stuff right? Perhaps they even let their kids do it instead.

bcrosby9513d ago

If you're using something like a fire tablet and you set them up as a kids account that's not how it works. If you next through everything your kid cannot play minecraft online, not even on your own little private server.

Getting an actual kids account to work online with minecraft involves setting the right permissions across 2-4 websites and 1-3 companies. I think it took me around 4 hours of trial and error to get it working.

epiccolemanOP13d ago

I might be wrong about this, but at least in my experience you just can't "next next next." There's too much complexity!

I'm essentially the maintainer of a series of accounts for each kid, these days. Woe unto anyone without a password manager!

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