Xbox Live Gold needed for Skype, Internet Explorer, and “other entertainment applications”
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not surprised at aLL
Because we all know people are buying the Xbox One for apps.
Edit - We all knew this was going to happen anyway. So why has old news once again been approved? Just because it's in a manual doesn't mean it's new news.
Really Internet Explorer and Skype behind a paywall?
Maybe they can make a Firefox app that runs on the Xbone and allows users to browse the internet for free :)
Who the hell doesn't use gold anyways lol
Whatever people say:
- "oh but you're paying for Live anyway", or (as shown above)
- "so what? people aren't buying the Xbox One for apps"
All of these are, are excuses from apologists. There's ZERO reason to have these features behind the paywall. NONE. There are 81... no let me repeat that.... EIGHTY-ONE free features behind the premium Xbox Live Gold paywall. http://www.youtube.com/watc...
I don't think that even includes free-to-play games or MMOs, but maybe it does.
If you, for whatever reason, cannot pay for your subscription for one month, you cannot use your Xbox to use fundamentally FREE applications that are nothing but connections to a third-party company's servers. That is not just retarded, it's disrespectful and anti-consumer. If you support this practice, you have no concern for what is right for you as a consumer.
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@ sovkhan
They're nothing but disgraceful apologists who support anti-consumer practices and don't give a crap about their fellow gamers. Excuses, excuses, bloody excuses. They're so invested in this network, they can't even see where good service ends and anti-consumer practices begin.
People have paid Microsoft $50-60 for P2P connectivity for over a decade, and this is how they thank their loyal consumer base, with nothing but pointless, self-serving restrictions.