Xbox one and Xbox series x is telling me what to do and I don’t like it.

You'll find that you are responsible for terms and conditions of anything whether you read them or not, the second you click "i agree"

You have purchased a device sold as much as hundreds of dollars under cost, which is why it is a walled garden.



Apple andGoogle forbid you to use other stores, all smart phones require setup, and have their own internet connections. You'll find if you wish to access online services on the smart TVs, you will always need to have the most current version of those services, and require you to have an account, and be online, to use all but the most basic smart features.

You'll find the previous generation had the same requirements

I disagree what you said. And I never paid close attention to the agree terms and condition because I don’t really care about it. True that I own the hardware from ms

But not the system software running on. And not true that most devices are required an internet connection for initial setup what about smartphones if you have zero internet in your home and buy a smartphone with sim you should be able to setup it up with an internet connection. But use topped up SIM card what about smart tvs they dont need internet connection for initial setup for some tvs and ps5 you can setup without an internet connection on initial setup and add an offline profile. But on Xbox forces you to do connect and add a proper online profile.

well soon on pc you will have no choice but be connected and use a microsoft account as windows 11 will be the only one available and they are blocking signing in with a local account. you could use linux but you still need an online connection to update.

phone will soon need to be fully online to function properly.

tv's will need online access eventually at all times to use any basic function like the tv guide.

Tezzariffic. I have a trigger on some internet stuff. Plus pc is already needed to be connected to the internet and ms account with windows 11 plus ms blocking signing in with a local account is a bad move like blocking offline accounts for Xbox one and Xbox series x. Ms never learns. And smart phones can be use without connecting to the internet in their life time with a sim but the internet connection is needed to download social media apps that I don’t like. And smart tvs will never force you to connect to the internet and still use cable tv or To use retro video game systems. So. ms forcing a lot of people to make ms account for themself for ms to not mind their personal details and it’s kind of a fraud in some case. For a games console and a pc to work it’s just ridiculous. And it’s not by law to have internet in your home but it helps to have it but I will just stick to playing offline games on my ps5 and ignore the silly money grabbing services company’s and company’s that are a some kind of fraud when forcing you to add an account to do something offline I will not buy stuff from ms and stop using windows 11

But get ms 365 on a anaother operating system if I really have to in some cases.

so what are you going to do when banking becomes full digital only in most countries over the next 5 years, you will have to use a banking app online, you will need a smartphone connected to the internet to eventually pay for things as bank cards will be a thing of the past eventually too. take the US and UK they are hoping to go cashless in the next three years and then push digital wallets.