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Revert removal of spawn chunks.

Title says it all, spawn chunks are far too vital to many playstyles that their removal would absolutely ruin the functionality of some bases and farms. I always love to build around spawn because of the spawn chunks, their removal just gives me, and many others, one very large reason to no longer play, as all of our farms we spent hours building will no longer function once we're too far away (which we tend to be.)
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    Just use the forceload command, or the many other in-game mechanics that allows a chunk to stay loaded, like enderpearl loaders. Most players move away from the starting point, and even if you moved the spawn point with commands it might still not be a place relevant for everyone to keep that area loaded permanently, thus wasting computing resources.

    Spawn chunks simply became obsolete as newer methods are more flexible and precise according to need, and it was therefore in my opinion the correct decision to remove the spawn chunk feature.

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    Players have the option now to chunkload with pearls. For technical players that should be no issue at all despite being a mild inconvenience - one for the greater good.

    Plus there are commands too. I think they handled the change pretty well