Thread: Microsoft and the Xbox
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Old 11-13-2009, 04:29 PM   #97
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Originally Posted by Sonist View Post
So, if MS made it clear, that if you modify your XBOX, they'll come and take it away, that's O.K. too?

Or if Amazon sent a "kill" command to all Kindles with modified fonts, or containing items with stripped DRM, or which have been taken to countries where the Kindle is not sold? I dunno, maybe there is such a clause in their EULA....

How easily we give up the rights of others.

You add nothing to the discussion by tossing out silly hyperbole. We'd all agree that there's a line companies can't cross.

If you buy a product, it can't be taken away from you or functionally disabled.

But that's a far cry from a company voiding warraties if people open things up--as they could break it and the company get stuck fixing damage from their supidity.

Or from companies blocking hacked machines from THEIR networks that they own and run. People have no right to be on that network, it's a privilege. You agree to a host of things when signing up and no you can be banned without refund for things like using modded consoles, cheating, having complaints filed for foul language etc.

And the below post makes this point very well.

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Originally Posted by deltop View Post
What about the right of Microsoft to run their own service and run it as they see fit?

What about my right to play games on Live free from hackers and people who use exploits to cheat? Far too many people cheat on Live through the use of modded consoles.
It's there network, and they have every right to kick modded machines off of it, and I applaud them for it for the reasons above.

Maybe a few people are getting caught in the net who shouldn't, and hopefully the screening should be improved.

But otherwise, I'm not going to lose sleep over nerd hackers who like modding stuff getting booted, especially those using it to cheat or pirate stuff. But I do feel bad for people who haven't modded and got erroneously banned, and those in Australia who can legally mod due to region locks--again MS should have unlocked the console or just choosen not to bother with that market.
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