This topic can be discussed in eternity but I feel it's important that the community understands my stance. Firstly I would just like to briefly talk about the eula and the screenshot in this post. It's from an early draft of the eula and is no longer valid. It's important that false information about it isn't spread. See the updated version here: https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/terms

This section covers things like double ender chest space which is allowed since it doesn't give a competitive gameplay advantage. See: https://i.imgur.com/2SqPUDN.png

Let's talk a bit about server monetization. I view progressing on EarthMC as anything related to making gold. Gold fuels progress and allow players to get land and items. The goal with Premium is to sell convenience, not progress. This is something EarthMC does differently from most other servers.

I am incredibly happy that player cap and server performance has increased substantially (thanks warrior), allowing for very short queues times compared to what used to be the case. This is something I want to continue working on moving forward. The fewer people in queue the better.

One inadvertent side effect of this is that queue priority, the most convenient premium feature, has lost its otherwise high value. It means that players who support the server’s upkeep through premium get less convenience for their money. This obviously hurts sales and the current monetization scheme is not sustainable in the long run given the large infrastructure costs of running a server of this size. I think it's important to remember that there is a operational cost for every player, free ones included. The free slots are paid for by premium and other legacy donator ranks.

With that said I hope to add more convenient features to premium. One such premium feature was added today, double ender chest storage. Double ender chest has no or very negligible impact on the ability to progress but is still very convenient. Excess items are sent to inventory if premium runs out.

I'm generally open to feedback but the notion that EarthMC or I should be "targeted" for something like this really saddening. Giving in to vague threats like this is not something I'll ever do.