Xbox introduces default remote shut down in consoles to fight climate change - We not only hold ourselves accountable to the carbon emissions... but to the emissions created with the use of our products in the homes of our fans

[Vyse Inglebard]

More to the point, why is it consumers' job to reduce emissions?

The carbon that they want to get rid of is you.

 

[ChefKiss]

If you care about the planet you'll stop making them in china right?
haha jk we all know no virtue signalling company or activist will ever talk about china

 

[MosBodacious]

Imagine using the climate as an excuse to take away owners rights to everything and it works on some plebs.

This is it exactly. Carbon w/e bullshit is just white knight, Cuck PR. What's really going on is further strikes against individual freedoms. Those wifi utility meters meant to be "more accurate" are being used to send your data to unrelated services so that decisions can be made when and how to throttle your life. What absurd horseshit.

 

[cybertoaster]

Microshit got pirates to back away by letting them run emulators without having to jailbreak their consoles, and now they do this?

Might as well just put a billboard in redmond that says "come fuck us in the ass"

 

[0gh]

Are you actually damaging consoles, TVs and PCs if you leave them on 24/7 so the cold weather doesnt effect them?

Please stop being retarded and don't spam the forum for tech support.

Electronics are made to be on and work. You're not damaging them by having them on, you'll be fine.

 

[Rich Evans Ayypologist]

Am I the only one who doesn't really see this as that big of a deal?

No, you're the only one who actually read the article.

The press release noted that consoles will become “carbon aware” via a software update. “Being carbon aware means reducing carbon footprint by optimizing updates and downloads to run at a time when the console can use the most renewable energy,” Xbox explained.

“Starting today, Xbox Insiders will notice that their Xbox Series X|S consoles automatically update to the Shutdown (energy saving) power option,” Xbox Wire wrote. “This one-time update to your power settings will reduce your power consumption while your console is off, and will not affect performance, gameplay, or your console’s ability to receive overnight updates to system, games, or apps.”

The press release also said, “With Shutdown (energy saving) selected, Xbox One consoles will experience a slower boot time.”

The very first sentence of the article mentions that it will become a default setting of the console. Cool. You can change it, unless you're illiterate.

Figuring that most of the people here BRAVELY blathering about HOW IT'S JUST LIKE THE CCP! you'll note that the complete phrase is [Shutdown (energy saving)]. That means it's a setting for how the system shuts down that contributes to longer boot times. There's no suggestion in the article that they've put in a killswitch.

 

[WelperHelper99]

No, you're the only one who actually read the article.


The very first sentence of the article mentions that it will become a default setting of the console. Cool. You can change it, unless you're illiterate.

Figuring that most of the people here BRAVELY blathering about HOW IT'S JUST LIKE THE CCP! you'll note that the complete phrase is [Shutdown (energy saving)]. That means it's a setting for how the system shuts down that contributes to longer boot times. There's no suggestion in the article that they've put in a killswitch.

As long as I can shut it off and return it to its former settings, good. It literally says option in the title. This is pandering, nothing more. That said I'm gonna keep a eye on Microsoft.

 

[Nick Gars]

If anything would get me to use Linux (fucking ew), it would be that. MY fucking hardware that I paid for, MY fucking rules.

You and me both, I've been hesitant about Linux because while I'm technologically literate, I was always worried about bricking something. Microshaft and Bill Gates can eat my shit for all I care at this point, I'd rather put up with learning a new OS entirely than let these faggots shut my shit down on a whim.

 

[Iron Hamster]

In order to save the planet, Microsoft has decided XBOX owners are too fucking retarded to know how to power off their own consoles.

And they'd be right. They know who dsp is

 

[Obamarama]

People are mad at this? Ngl I thought it shut itself down already. It should do that, why should it stay on when it's not being used? The article says you can turn it off anyways, you're all fucking retards looking for a reason to whine about your "freedoms" being taken away from you.

 

[Pissmaster]

you're all fucking retards looking for a reason to whine about your "freedoms" being taken away from you.

>simping for Microsoft

 

[MisoSupper]

If you still buy Sony or Xbox consoles in 2023 and not a PC this is exactly what you deserve. Think of it as a Retard Tax.

 

[Nobunaga]

>simping for Microsoft

Do not redeem the microsoft hate card sir

 

[Zaryiu2]

Imagine trusting a corporation ever or thinking they are in the right, that's the equivalent of this

And that's not just because we are talking Microsoft

 

[Übertroon]

No, you're the only one who actually read the article.


The very first sentence of the article mentions that it will become a default setting of the console. Cool. You can change it, unless you're illiterate.

Figuring that most of the people here BRAVELY blathering about HOW IT'S JUST LIKE THE CCP! you'll note that the complete phrase is [Shutdown (energy saving)]. That means it's a setting for how the system shuts down that contributes to longer boot times. There's no suggestion in the article that they've put in a killswitch.

lol
They also didn't advertise the fact that wifi controlled ACs would be used by the government to mandate usage.

22,000 Colorado Residents Prevented from Turning Up Air Conditioning during ‘Energy Emergency’ | National Review

The affected customers had signed up for a discount program that allows their electric company to lock them out.

www.nationalreview.com

You should get microsoft's schlong out of your mouth

 

[byuu]

lol
They also didn't advertise the fact that wifi controlled ACs would be used by the government to mandate usage.

22,000 Colorado Residents Prevented from Turning Up Air Conditioning during ‘Energy Emergency’ | National Review

The affected customers had signed up for a discount program that allows their electric company to lock them out.

www.nationalreview.com

You should get microsoft's schlong out of your mouth

They literally got paid for voluntarily giving up their control over their own thermostats.

 

[Rich Evans Ayypologist]

lol
They also didn't advertise the fact that wifi controlled ACs would be used by the government to mandate usage.

22,000 Colorado Residents Prevented from Turning Up Air Conditioning during ‘Energy Emergency’ | National Review

The affected customers had signed up for a discount program that allows their electric company to lock them out.

www.nationalreview.com

You should get microsoft's schlong out of your mouth

You are now the fourth person I've seen this week to link to an article that you haven't read.

The affected Xcel customers had signed up for program with the company that entitled them to $100 enrollment credit and $25 annually in exchange for forfeiting some control over their thermostats.

 

[The Last Stand]

No, you're the only one who actually read the article. The very first sentence of the article mentions that it will become a default setting of the console. Cool. You can change it, unless you're illiterate. Figuring that most of the people here BRAVELY blathering about HOW IT'S JUST LIKE THE CCP! you'll note that the complete phrase is [Shutdown (energy saving)]. That means it's a setting for how the system shuts down that contributes to longer boot times. There's no suggestion in the article that they've put in a killswitch.

Closest thing to that is Sleep mode, even so, it's written as an option.

 

[Pissmaster]

You are now the fourth person I've seen this week to link to an article that you haven't read.

$25 annually to relinquish control over your own thermostat is a pitiful amount of money. That should be more like $1,000.

 

[The Last Stand]

I think we found an Xbox hate thread. Who wants to be the Marissa Moira for Xbox?