Most private servers run through the public Minecraft client. A very small subset have created cracked (grey area illegal) clients.

Unfortunately, the post is not blowing the internal struggles of larger Minecraft servers out of proportion.

The post may exaggerate a little, but it is not blowing the current revenue struggles of even large Minecraft servers out of proportion. There is a lot of frustration surrounding the EULA and being able to support a level of quality that players grew accustomed to when revenues were higher.

Unfortunately, the good intentions of the EULA have put a lot of strain on even the large servers. There may be some exaggeration in this article, but it is in all honesty not far off the mark. The EULA has completely destroyed revenue for Minecraft servers, making it significantly harder for new servers to gain…