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Also, I don't play Minecraft like I used to but when I do have the time to play its maybe 2-4 days a month and I do not want to pay $5-$6 a month just to play 2-4 times a month is just downright dumb.

you keep getting kicked cause you have to pay for unlimited play time otherwise you have probably maxed out your 4 hours of free playtime.

I have played Minehut since quarantine of 2020. I discovered it when everyone was stuck at home and had nothing to do, so a friend and I decided to come on here and make a server. This server has become a time capsule for us and holds many memories, good or bad. I have been in the community for 3.5 years and I have remained silent, but this is just absurd. This server used to be free to play for years and it's worked that way and has kept this server popular for years. But now we are being forced to upgrade our FREE servers to a payment plan just to be able to play. Now I've read the arguments throughout other threads of "voting will let you play for free 24/7" "voting everyday gives you 8 months of 24/7 play" but why do we have to interact with a server who has sponsorships, pulls already existing plugins, and then forces everyone to take it. You guys have integrated more and more ads into this server over the years and yet you claim it's still too costly to maintain the free package for a server who is (or was) notoriously known for being free to play. Minehut has(had) sponsorships from Nickelodeon, Hot Wheels, and I am like 75% sure there was My Little Pony and some others. But you also have other sources of income such as crates, ranks, server slots, server icons, advertising for servers, and credits. I understand running a server is costly but there has to be other ways to keep the server free to play. And while I am at it, your home page for Minehut still displays the quote "Play and Create Free Minecraft Servers" yet you are forcing people to pay to play. I unfortunately had to pay $6 for credits so I could download my server and export it elsewhere because they knew people would leave the server with their worlds, so they put up a paywall. Thankfully I have my own money and are able to bypass this paywall but for others it's not fair for them. Minecraft has a community of a wide range of age from children to teens and to adults, but the vast majority are younger and do not have the accessibility to money to get their world they worked so hard on. In conclusion I think its crappy what Minehut is doing, and the only update people got from them is on the forums which is a hassle to get to as you would need to go to Minehuts main page, go to the community tab, click on creator forums, news and updates. and then you will finally find the article which you then have to read past 12 lines to see the new time restriction. I don't agree with what Minehut has done and I hope others feel the same way about this as I do. Thank you Minehut for the years of free play you've given me, and I will always remember the countless hours I spent on it building up my world and having fun while doing so.

they are forcing players to upgrade their free servers into a server package where you will get unlimited play time otherwise you will be restricted to 4 hours of playtime a day on said server unless you upgrade.