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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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Xbox's new policy — say goodbye to unofficial accessories from November thanks to error '0x82d60002'::Got error 0x82d60002 on your Xbox accessory? There's no fix, Xbox is going to block the use of detected unauthorized accessories with its consoles from November 12, 2023.

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[–] Uglyhead@lemmy.world 134 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

“Made for Xbox” branding for proprietary accessories approved by Microsoft incoming. Anything else won’t work.

How hypocritical of MS to pull this on their consumers after making it such a big deal that competitors like Apple do this same thing. Pot meet Kettle.

[–] Laser@feddit.de 62 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Anyone surprised? MS is one of the shadiest companies out there. Google gathering user data? "Don't get scroogled!" Microsoft account required for windows 11? That's completely different. Gamers in particular just fell for their self-imposed image as the good guys because of Game pass and constantly bashing their competitors.

If I remember correctly, it was them first charging for online services under Xbox Live Gold for functionality that was usually free on PC.

[–] 1rre@discuss.tchncs.de 22 points 10 months ago

And free on PlayStation at the time, but sony thought it was so good they'd copy it

[–] systemglitch@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Wait, wait... people claimed they were the good guys? I'm not sure I've ever seen that.

[–] helenslunch@feddit.nl 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

after making it such a big deal that competitors like Apple do this

Did they?

[–] Uglyhead@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Going way back to the beginnings of both companies, yes. Apple had the ‘walled garden’, where the idea was that you were safer with all things ‘Apple Approved’.

Microsoft and most of the industry went the other way at the time and MS grew exponentially.