I think there are two things you guys are completely overlooking.
The first is that if you don't like something, guess what? No one's forcing you to build it! If you don't like it, don't do it! If you don't like magic, trash the magic ingredients and get on with your lives.
The second is that Notch doesn't just want to replicate mods. That's why he allows mods. He makes the game he wants to make with contents he wants to make. Occasionally something like pistons or flying will be so popular he'll put it in, but mostly he lets modders get on with their own business while he gets on with his. If you like the Mo' Creatures mod, use it! It's there, it exists, its big and complicated and complete; why should Notch waste a load of time remaking something that already exists, and which players can easily get hold of and install if they want to?
He's not making magic to replicate magic mods; he's doing it because from when he first made redstone he's been saying he has an idea for how he'd make magic work in Minecraft that he'd like to implement one day.
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