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Xbox's new policy — say goodbye to unofficial accessories from November thanks to error '0x82d60002' (www.windowscentral.com)
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[-] [email protected] 64 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

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The problem seems to revolve around brands that haven't acquired this licensing

It seems to just be rent seeking? Since it’s retroactive there probably isn’t a security change and malicious hardware can spoof being licensed, though this is unclear. So it probably only hurts legitimate small brands.

[-] [email protected] 26 points 2 years ago

Yeah its probably rent seeking, I was just pointing out there are legit reasons to ban certain hardware.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I get your argument, but I'd say it makes room for a legit reason to control and identify hardware, not ban it.

[-] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago

absolutely, hence why I put forward the idea of an API that would allow games to stop people from joining multiplayer matches or flag their highscores if sketchy hardware is involved! For Single Player games, who cares!

But deep down we all know that this first and formost is a money grabbing scheme from micro$oft

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