Pi-hole still seems to block them
Yep, I'm using NextDNS for dns filtering, but same same. If it weren't for the empty grey boxes where the ad was, I wouldn't know my xbox had ads.
Same man…saaaame! Best 20 bucks I’ve spent this year!
This is the way...
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The default block list appeared to be enough, I actually had to unblock a few domains for online gaming to work correctly. Have not had ads in the dash since I added the pi-hole to my network around two years ago.
They're not going anywhere. It's another revenue stream for Xbox and the majority of users don't care about them.
Imagine paying 500 bucks for a console just for it to be filled with ads. Wtf
I shouldn't be surprised though since they pull the same crap for 4k+ tvs
Lol. $500 doesn't even cover my GPU. $500 is hella cheap for a full package WITH controller.
I mean shit, the controller is $80 alone.
I’m afraid if anything the ads will increase :-(. The only way for them to stop putting ads there is for us to stop buying their product.
Yeah but its not that easy. For example, if you want a good TV you have to get their shitty ads cause there is literally no competition whose software is adfree
Why should they? You bought something from Microsoft, you get something in Microsoft quality. Phoning home your underwear size and sexual preferences and selecting the most intrusive ads for you included.
Cause ads are acceptable only if we don’t pay, otherwise we are paying to be the product.
even worse, we pay the console, the games (which aren’t cheap in the slightest) and the Gold to play online!
Ultimately you will have to accept that you don’t ‘own’ your Xbox. None of us do. Microsoft does, and you paid $500 for the hardware, which they can decide to brick remotely at any time.
This is the tradeoff between console and PC. Console is significantly cheaper but you don’t get any control over it.
Ads are never going away, and will likely only get more intrusive until people start hitting their breaking points.
Microsoft owns most gaming PCs, too, with Windows which is increasingly ad-ridden. The existence of some Linux-based alternatives is still a small percentage compared to Microsoft’s dominance here.
Almost every game I've tried to run on steam on linux, has worked. (though tbf, I don't play multiplayer games).
It really is worth at least giving it a try nowadays. You might be surprised
What about the PS5?
I'm more worried that I lost my customisation abilities, rather than ads per se.
The ads have been on the dashboard since the 360 days. I don't think they're going anywhere unfortunately.
