If you buy an Xbone, you should lose the right to vote

[Aramonde]

You can play the Xbone with the Kinect disconnected. So if it bothers you could just never take it out of the box if you want.

Just calling it the Xbone makes it pretty difficult to take you seriously. Consider addressing that.

'Xbone', 'Xbox 720p'. Those are just ridiculous nicknames that fanboys use.

How the hell does calling it "Xbone" make me a fanboy? It could almost be its official name at this point.

It is kind of the unofficial abbreviation at this point.

[ZenErik]

It is kind of the unofficial abbreviation at this point.

Uh, no. If you want to go with typical abbreviations 'XB1' would make more sense. 'Xbone' is generally used as a slight.

[Aramonde]

Uh, no. If you want to go with typical abbreviations 'XB1' would make more sense. 'Xbone' is generally used as a slight.

Before the DRM was reversed yes people used it as a slight. But now i've seen used in general conversion on the internet with no negative meaning. I've actually seen this said "So what launch games should i get for the Xbone?". I like the name Xbone, it rolls off the tongue easy.

[Stark]

I hate it personally. Just seems ridiculous.

[Phades]

Xbone: I don't mind it, it works.


Using this as a negative seems silly:

"users should not expect any level of privacy concerning your use of the live communication features such as voice chat, video and communications in live-hosted gameplay sessions offered through the Services.”

To me, it sounds more like Microsoft is doing a courtesy by telling people to be careful with what they broadcast. I hate to break it to you, but this is no different than using IM, Skype, etc... on your current PC.

Some people could have used this information before they posted something on Facebook or Twitter that cost them their jobs

[dsheinem]

If you use inane titles, you should lose the right to create threads.

[fastbilly1]

If you use inane titles, you should lose the right to create threads.

I call it the Xbox180.

[Phades]

If you use inane titles, you should lose the right to create threads.

I call it the Xbox180.

I believe he was referring to the title of the thread.

[Hazerd]

I swear my SNES and Gamecube spy on me sometimes, they probably dont get played enough, but im sure they are plotting my death.

[Erik_Twice]

"Why do you care if someone calls you a nigger? In the internet, everyone calls you a nigger all the time!"

The fact that others are also peeing on the pool doesn't make the act of it fine or reasonable. I don't approve of anyone's invasions of privacy, no matter if they are Google, Facebook, Microsoft or the United States thinking they can do whatever they want to outside their borders. This isn't hard to understand, fellas.

Why should I not be concerned about my rights being stomped on, be it by one person or one hundred?

In fact, if you read the actual document, quite a lot of it makes clear that the data is stored locally (and can be cleared), is cleared once you're done playing, requires your permission, or at least is anonymous. IE, they can record you playing online, but just the in-game data, nothing that links to you.

I've read it, don't claim otherwise, please.

Here's the deal. My actions being recorded and sent to a central server for processing is
a breach of my privacy rights. Period. Microsoft has no right to do so and any product that tries to do so should be banned. Giving up your rights should not be neccessary to buy any product.

The fact that they record data is enough to make me uneasy. I don't trust Microsoft. Anyone who trust a corporation not to exploit loopholes and protect your rights is just dumb, much less a corporation that has attemped to curb many of my costumer rights on the past including the right to sue. Again, I don't allow my goverment to do that, should I allow an American company to do so? Fuck it, have you forgotten about how the original Xbox One looked like?

Have you heard the fable of the tortoise and the scorpion? Microsoft is the scorpion of the tale.

Just calling it the Xbone makes it pretty difficult to take you seriously. Consider addressing that.

This is the "but you don't have to buy lead-based paint" argument. I shouldn't need to do anything to protect my privacy rights from Microsoft and if I want to play a Kinect game, I should be free to do so without being monitorized.