>But hey, i'm not really happy with apple anymore either, so I am an equal-opportunity cynic. I was going to say, pretty much all the major players are doing t

>But hey, i'm not really happy with apple anymore either, so I am an equal-opportunity cynic. I was going to say, pretty much all the major players are doing the same things you criticize Microsoft for. That said, while I'm happy that they backtracked on the Xbox One nonsense, the fact that they went there to begin with makes it clear that they would return to the same old Microsoft if they ever got the chance. How did they ever think those "features" were acceptable?