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The notion of individual rights being trampled by a company producing a luxury item like a video game console is just absurd.
It's a luxury item and there are multiple companies make them. If you think one company tramples your consumer rights by not letting you mod your console--then don't buy their product and buy one of the others. If none of them fit your needs, then don't buy any and stick with PC games as PCs are designed to be customized, able to be built by users etc., while game consoles are intended to just be bought, hooked up and played as is.
But no one's rights are being trampled on here. No one has a right to play on X-box live. It's Microsofts network and they can choose who they allow on it, and the rules for getting banned are pretty clearly stated. At the most, maybe they should be required to refund the remaining time on a persons account when they are banned. Other than that, the rules are there and people can follow them or lose their PRIVILEGE of having access to X-box Live.
There are no rights involved in this case. I agree there needs to be watchdogs over corporations who look out for consumers rights. But anyone complaining about the Live bannings is just a whiner if they think anyone's rights have been violated. It's a companies proprietary network for online gaming. They have every right to kick off people who mod consoles and the other reasons for bannings (cheating, user complaints for profanity etc. etc.). Again, access to the service is a privilege, not a right. Stick by the rules or GTFO.
And with that, I'm throwing a couple more of y'all on ignore and staying out of this thread. Mods must be on vacation to have left it up this long since it doesn't have a damn thing to do with ebooks.
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