In the latest Beta for Minecraft 1.16.100 if you place sand in bubble columns they break after about 30 seconds. The expected result is that they will stay there until you remove the bubble column. This is disparity with java where it won’t break the sand.
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@Instructor Snow I understand it’s working as intended but it’s disparity with the java edition of Minecraft and all disparity can be reported as a bug.
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We're tracking this issue in MCPE-103409, so this ticket is being resolved and linked as a duplicate.
That ticket has already been resolved as working as intended, which means this is not considered a bug and won't be fixed. Please do not leave a comment on the linked ticket.
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Sadly that's WAI