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No. you can crack accounts with them..
they're easy to crack
To my knowledge only Mojang can distribute the "official capes", that all players can see. You can get them at MineCon, or by making two mini-game maps, and uploading them to Minecraft Realms.
There are also "non-official" capes you can get through mods, that can only be seen by others who use that mod. Optifine has capes, but they are not free.
You can checkout freecapes website for getting free capes. I have tried and got some capes for free.
Minecraft is a sandbox video game created by Swedish game developer Markus Persson and later developed by Mojang. Minecraft allows players to build with a variety of different cubes in a 3D procedurally generated world, requiring creativity from players.
OptiFine is a Minecraft optimization mod.
It allows Minecraft to run faster and look better with full support for HD textures and many configuration options.
MinecraftCapes is a Mod designed for Minecraft which allows you to wear any cape you wish in-game, cost free.
It's impossible to get a cape everyone can see unless you go to minecon. The only way to get a cape is to use a mod, and only players with the mod will see the cape.
You must buy it or get it from someone more cheaply
getting a cape free outside of cracking i don't know how you could do it
i got mine for free because my friend bought it for me
you can as others suggested buy a cracked acct and transfer the cape, that will cost maybe $3
there's always giveaways