Personally, not a fan. More than that, actually pretty upset at this. I know nothing changes from a gameplay perspective, but I am staunchly against Microsoft forcing account creation to play a game that was originally not their property. I have no real interest in making a Microsoft account to play Minecraft, but apparently I won't be able to play without one now. Pretty ridiculous honestly.
Also, can I just use this opportunity to say I hate the way Mojang does their announcements now? Every announcement seems like it's tailored towards children, and treats the reader like they're an idiot. I know a lot of kids play their game, but that doesn't mean that they have to say things in such dumbed down ways like the reader doesn't know what they're reading.
Not to mention they use this to almost poke fun at the people upset about this with their little Haiku at the bottom. As if the reason I don't want to see my account migrate is because I think it's going to be difficult. I know it'll be easy, it has to be to prevent any complaints. I simply don't want a Microsoft account, and I shouldn't need one to play Minecraft of all things.
This has me a little heated. Let me know what you guys think about this.
Edit: It also says that this change is mandatory, and any accounts that don't migrate won't have access to Minecraft anymore. Does this mean that if I don't migrate in time, I lose my account? They don't specify. If so, that's a blazing example of the issue with "games as a service"