I’ve seen a lot of “there’s only one” arguments in defense of this XBox “update” based on the idea that every advertisement has “ADVERTISEMENT” plastered underneath it. Well, I see two windows displaying advertisements, one of which slides between 3 other advertisements. Five out of the eight tabs/blades/whatever now contain these “WE ADMIT THESE ARE ADVERTISEMENTS” advertisement boxes along with the big “THESE AREN’T ADVERTISEMENTS THESE ARE PART OF THE 60-DOLLAR-A-YEAR SOCIAL EXPERIENCE” advertisements. So please, stop with that excuse. It doesn’t hold water. EDIT: I don’t hate advertisements. I hate how they have taken over my connection (the amount of data being transferred at the dashboard now is incredible) and pushed aside my main uses for the XBox.

I’ve seen a lot of “there’s only one” arguments in defense of this XBox “update” based on the idea that every advertisement has “ADVERTISEMENT” plastered underneath it. Well, I see two windows displaying advertisements, one of which slides between 3 other advertisements.

Five out of the eight tabs/blades/whatever now contain these “WE ADMIT THESE ARE ADVERTISEMENTS” advertisement boxes along with the big “THESE AREN’T ADVERTISEMENTS THESE ARE PART OF THE 60-DOLLAR-A-YEAR SOCIAL EXPERIENCE” advertisements.

So please, stop with that excuse. It doesn’t hold water.

EDIT: I don’t hate advertisements. I hate how they have taken over my connection (the amount of data being transferred at the dashboard now is incredible) and pushed aside my main uses for the XBox.

Posted 2 months ago
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  1. fictivetruism reblogged this from theruinedlibrary and added:
    You’d think paying $60 a year they’d not have so many ads….Oh well, I don’t call them Micro$oft for nothing. It’s...
  2. theruinedlibrary reblogged this from riser and added:
    this as well. The...just ridiculous now.
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    would care to add: Notice that...“play game” option is small, and not
  6. mediation reblogged this from kayfabe and added:
    I’m honestly thinking of switching to PS3 over this redesign (and DC Universe)
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  13. anubergeekslifebeta reblogged this from riser and added:
    q_q more. People like this annoy me beyond belief
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  15. cheeburga reblogged this from riser and added:
    It’s social connectivity and immersion into the kinds...consumer, are totally in to! It’s...
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  17. throwinsixes reblogged this from preparetodrop and added:
    ^^^ With an easy tap of the d-pad or move of the analog skip you can move onto a new “tab” to get away from that...
  18. brit-the-tit reblogged this from preparetodrop and added:
    Also, there’s the fact that these are on the dashboard… They don’t affect you when you’re playing online. Even so, they...
  19. preparetodrop reblogged this from riser and added:
    think what you people need to understand is that...advertisements do not take away...
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