EA's being villified because their platform is much more intrusive, their customer care is by far one ofthe worst ones in the world and they take overprice for all their games on Origin, which they've only now considered lowering.
Here's my beef with notch, a few years ago he wanted to go on steam, but they couldn't make it work. Now he's making money and doesn't need steam to be exposed. I mean, for the love of god, just say that instead of taking a piss on steam.
Moral high ground only works if you're sticking to it.
The other thing is that Notch has a bad habit of speaking before he thinks, as an example, the major accusation of the Yogscast being douchebags, for no good reason. It's one thing to call people out on stuff you heard, it's another entirely to fling mud at the biggest free advertisement channel on youtube for your product.
This isn't Notch's only blunder and it's all due to his outspoken nature.
He should definitely get Minecraft out on Steam. More exposure, more sales, it's that simple.
Oh and by the way, where are the major updates to Minecraft? It's not the worst or slowest I've seen, but considering what a big heart this guy is supposed to have, you'd think there'd be more focus on his once-in-a-lifetime smash hit. NONE of the games his company will make henceforth, will ever sell half as good as Minecraft has.
I don't care about minor upgrades, I want block-DLC's or expansions or whatever. I'll bleed myself dry to get more blocks and I am certainly not the only one out there.
(Yes, I'm aware that Mojang hired the bukkit crew to make an API. It doesn't mean I'm satisfied or impressed with the attention the game has gotten since release.)
