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Originally Posted by fugazied
Wow that's pretty harsh, but I suspect MS had numerous broadly worded portions in their user licensing agreements which allowed them to remotely blow up xboxes.
Yes it reminds me of the power Amazon has and is a truly disturbing trend. Consoles are slightly less competitive than ebook readers at least. As I understand it it's XBox or PS3. If Amazon decided to brick their device for what they thought was a breach of copyright, Kindle owners would simply angrily walk away from Amazon and go buy a sony, or nook, or other device. With XBox guys they only have one alternative which offers different games and many don't like, the PS3.
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They are not "bricking" or "blowing up" the Xbox. They are simply not allowing you to utilise the online service. The Xbox still functions normally in all other respects.
Further, anyone who knows anything about the Xbox would be aware of this fact as it is not a secret. In fact it is blatantly and widely advertised as a way of discouraging people from modding the Xbox to begin with. Just as it is made abundantly clear that modding the Xbox will also void your warranty.
If one chooses to mod their Xbox for whatever reason, they have also chosen to accept the consequences that come with doing so.
On the bright side they will be get very cheap or free games.
Cheers,
PKFFW