misk@sopuli.xyz to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 year agoMicrosoft starts blocking ‘unauthorized’ Xbox controllers and accessorieswww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up1147arrow-down16cross-posted to: microsoft@lemdro.idxbox@lemmy.world
arrow-up1141arrow-down1external-linkMicrosoft starts blocking ‘unauthorized’ Xbox controllers and accessorieswww.theverge.commisk@sopuli.xyz to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square28fedilinkcross-posted to: microsoft@lemdro.idxbox@lemmy.world
minus-squareDoink@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoAnd the sad thing is xim or Chronus zen devices will just find a way to bypass this anyway. This feels like a huge middle finger from Microsoft again.
minus-squareNOT_RICK@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoI’m wondering if the workarounds they would devise would open the manufacturer to legal liability for circumventing the DRM.
minus-squareDoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 year agoThis is exactly what I was thinking. Xim and Chronus users are rampant in online games especially call of duty. Now that they own it, they are looking to filter those users out finally…. Or at least make it harder.
And the sad thing is xim or Chronus zen devices will just find a way to bypass this anyway.
This feels like a huge middle finger from Microsoft again.
I’m wondering if the workarounds they would devise would open the manufacturer to legal liability for circumventing the DRM.
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This is exactly what I was thinking. Xim and Chronus users are rampant in online games especially call of duty. Now that they own it, they are looking to filter those users out finally…. Or at least make it harder.