Since April 2023 I have been investigating Mojang, the Swedish company behind the massively popular game Minecraft, for unlawful activities after my personal project was attacked by one of their unlawful contractual enforcements.
Throughout the video attached to this fundraiser, I expose several severe violations of European consumer protection laws & contract law that indicate that Mojang has complete contempt for the law and does whatever it pleases, most likely with bad influence from Microsoft, without adequate oversight, and has evaded all consequences for their illegal actions due to the prohibitive costs of a completely broken legal system.
During my search for justice, I was met with the harsh reality that Sweden does not comply with the European Charter of Fundamental Rights. The failure of several government institutions rendered it impossible to obtain redress for the violation my rights as a consumer under European consumer protection laws, and unfortunately Sweden does not have "contingency lawyers" that work "for free" in the exchange of a cut from the resulting settlement.
During the investigation process throughout which I sought damages for my losses, the more I discovered, the more I realized that this was neither a new occurrence nor a mistake on Mojang's part. There has been a systematic abuse of unlawful contract formulations which has led to thousands of children (most likely in the hundreds of thousands) suffering permanent gambling addictions, large projects completely shutting down and losing tens of thousands in development costs & profits, and more. This is no longer about me, it is a problem that needs to be resolved for the sake of every single person that has been harmed by Mojang's illicit practices.
Not only is this important to me on a personal level after being tied up in this fiasco for around a year and a half with no results due to my financial situation, but it is incredibly important to the integrity of consumer rights as they regard digital services in the European Union in an increasingly digitalized world.
