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Reminds me of years ago, when Microsoft started forcing players to be online when playing on xbox...which was minutes before I decided I would never need an xbo
by nokya 6y ago
Reminds me of years ago, when Microsoft started forcing players to be online when playing on xbox...which was minutes before I decided I would never need an xbox :)
- gruez 6y agodidn't they backpeddle on that? https://www.cnet.com/news/microsoft-pulls-a-180-reverses-xbox-one-always-on-drm-and-used-games-policy/ https://www.cnet.com/news/microsoft-pulls-a-180-reverses-xbo...
- bigiain 6y agoEven if they did, deciding to do it in the first place tells you something important about them. For some people, that said "do not ever trust these evil fuckers, they'll sell you out whenever they can do so without too much public backlash..." This it the tech industry version of politicians dropping bad news as 4:59pm on a Friday.
- nokya 6y agoThey did, but that only came after a huge backlash by gamers. In my case, I perceived this as a signal that Microsoft was interested in monetizing my data when playing video games (e.g. schedule, hours spent, progression, overall cognitive capabilities, etc.) to third parties that will use this data without my informed consent (not to be confused with the consent given to Microsoft to "share with partners"). I still find this totally unacceptable today.
- gcb0 6y agoOr when facebook, yesterday, went back on the promise that their acquired VR headsets would never require a facebook account.