• Lantern@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Part of it is probably the perceived legal liability, but another is Microsoft sees the user interest in this type of games and wants to make money off of it. That’s why this announcement comes shortly after the release of Antstream Arcade (which has been added to game pass so they make money from sales there in addition to the portion they take from each purchase). It’s some of the most anti-consumer behavior we’ve seen from Microsoft in recent memory.

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      1 year ago

      It’s some of the most anti-consumer behavior we’ve seen from Microsoft in recent memory.

      It’s the same company that makes Windows… Always worth remembering.

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        1 year ago

        If you’re referring to forcing Edge, W11 sysreq, and insisting on having trackers turned on, all of these are combatable due to the openness of the OS. Xbox is mostly a closed platform, so it can’t be changed even if you wanted to.