Ever since Microsoft took the lead they've kept adding and adding. New blocks, items, mechanics. Minecraft was supposed to be about simplicity. MS has pushed their own agenda for the game and torched everything it used to be. They reworked graphics just because they didn't like them.
...redstone circuits aren't exactly the definition of simplicity.
My kids seem to love all the new mechanics and items, and spend hours building things or fighting Orcs in a LOTR mod together, so I'm getting a lot of value from three MC licences.
Minecraft was supposed to be a toy project Notch wanted to mess around with. Simplicity has never been a target, since every major release, including during the in/infdev days has had major changes.
