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New Xbox 360 Update Adds More Ads 20 Years After Launch

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Xbox 360 [...] 20 Years After Launch
the Xbox 360 is a retro console
- Not quite the image of her talking about the PS3 and 360, but it still fits.
- Well, graphics got better but games didn't evolve much.
  
  You could argue that games have gotten worse
I thought this was onion for a second, wow they actually did that.
- Same
And then they get mad when you mod your console to run custom firmware with no ads
everything about this is just so heartbreaking. and equally infuriating.
Just one more offenses added to the pile of anti-consumer tactics employed by tech companies.
The EU is slightly further ahead than most, but globally most governments have been asleep at the wheel when it comes to protecting consumers from anything digital.
- Most governments are asleep at the wheel, generally.
Theyre updating the 360 still?
- "Hell, we're about to shut it all down - just pepper anyone still using this with as many ads as you can! Milk them for what they are worth!"
- Next week they make it compatible with verification cans.
- Only to fuck it.
Much as I hate ads, it looks better like this.
The previous update had it looking like a bootleg and the rectangle tiles instead of squares made the disc art stretch:
Bill Hicks was right.

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