Alpha Skip-Ahead Build Home Screen Feedback

I was a long-time Insider during the last few years of the Xbox One's life cycle, then left the program once I got my Series X.

After a couple years with stable updates, I figured I'd jump back into the program and test out some of the new features and updates.

I updated to the latest build earlier today, and I was met with the refreshed Home screen. I know there are several versions of these rolling out to random people, but the one I ended up with seems to be one of the less intrusive ones that I've seen online.

While it mostly looks the same as the latest production build, I appreciate the streamlining of the tiles and relevant cards for each game I have pinned to my Home screen. I also like that once I reach the END of my Pins, I automatically see more curated content from the Marketplace. Cool.

What I do not appreciate is having the random, unmoveable, and undeleteable row of TOP FREE GAMES right at the top of my Pins. I don't CARE about top free games. If I did, I'd search for and download them. Or, I'd just jump past the END of my Pins to check them out there (assuming this row was moved down there).

Please don't give us the ability to customize our Home screens only to fill it with ads and other irrelevant links to stuff we don't care about. Or, if you're going to insist on shoving this content down our throats, at the very least let us control where it appears and let us pick content that we're interested in. I'd actually love to see a BECAUSE YOU PLAYED... recommendation section somewhere on the Home screen, but only AFTER I've gone through the Groups/Pins that I've prioritized.

submitted by /u/Coniption1118
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