It ' s convenience monetization , which in my opinion , is the best kind of monetization , because it means I don ' t have to pay for anything . You can make your own skin , but only if you know how . You can make your own vanilla minecraft server , but only if you know how realms . It ' s basically Mojang just giving a safe , simple option to parents who are scared of the untrustworthy third party sourcestools . I far prefer convenience monetization to other forms , like roadblocksDLCs where game content is completely barred from you unless you pay money , or pay to win which is absolutely rampant in mobile games e . g . extra life of Candy Crush or faster build speed in Clash of Clans . It ' s Mojang ' s way of rewarding people who are dedicated to their game . If you know your tech and Minecraft well enough to set up a server , they kindly recognize that and give you the ability to make your own server without paying Mojang . You even see this in other situations like some plugin developers who make paid plugins will have open github repos that say if you ' re a dev who knows how to compile this and you cared enough to check out my plugin source , you can havetest my plugin for free . Consider buying it if you it , or contributebugfix D