I haven’t played Minecraft since 2015, but I get the feeling I might again in the new few years as I wanna find new hobbies. I know that game has changed a whole lot but I don’t have any official online data on it.
I’ve had this Microsoft account for over a decade and its probably full of personal information that I wanna let go of, I’ve already exported all my data. I would need to pay $30 for another copy of Minecraft, same price I paid in 2013. I just did a bunch of searching and its not possible to transfer my Minecraft license to another account.
Do you use it offline without a Microsoft account?
No you still need an account. In fact since the migration it makes you reauth frequently which is annoying. There are forks that let you launch the game offline but it means you cannot play on any online servers and you are technically pirating the game.