When trying to place a minecart on ground, it cannot be placed. But when placing minecart on rails and breaking the rails, it stays rather than breaking. If it cannot be placed on ground then it should break with the rails, or it should be placed on ground without rails if that's the case.
How to reproduce
Start by crafting rails and minecart.
Then try to place the minecart without rails, it cannot be placed.
Add the rails and place the minecart on rails and break the rails, it stays on ground.
Observations: Minecart cannot be placed on ground unless you place it on rails and then break them
Expectations: It should always be placed on ground without having to add rails, if it can stay on ground after breaking the rails.
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Jiingy I actually discovered this by placing a boat then trying to place a minecart. It doesn't really make sense that a boat can be placed on ground while minecart needs rails to be placed.
Also, this may be intentional for another reason: you cannot pilot a minecart if it is not on rails, but you can move a boat on land. However, minecarts without supporting rails are used in farm designs such as the enderman farm, so if this does get fixed, it would be easier to make such contraptions.
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From my search I was suprisingly unable to find this reported before, so I can confirm. One note though, is that considering minecart items are not functionally the same as spawn eggs, the item having custom placement (or rather, 'use' conditions) isn't necessarily inconsistent, or unexpected.
Related to MC-269000