I've played many smaller indie games on GamePass that I would have never bought. Most probably won't have even been on my radar. I assume those gaming companies got some compensation from being on GamePass, which is more than they would have received from me otherwise.

As far as the larger well-known titles that I've played on GamePass, they probably did lose a sale from me. For instance, I would have bought the latest Halo game if it wasn't on GamePass. But I'm assuming that Xbox can write much of that off as a marketing expense to get more people buying Xbox and using their monthly subscription.

Is it already time for the weekly "AI will replace programmers" post? I thought the last one was only 2 days ago.

The laptop was given to the FBI long before Rudy Giuliani entered the scene. And for some reason, the FBI decided to just sit on it rather than investigate the numerous crimes detailed on it. I wonder why that is.

So the only 2 options are "not allow him to speak at all on the platform" or "allow him to put a hit on my family"?

That's a pretty massive False Dichotomy, even by Slashdot troll standards.

Twitter has always had a policy that illegal speech will be banned. That policy will continue under Musk. What WON'T continue is banning people because they shared the true story about Hunter Biden's laptop.

If our Democracy can't withstand a single man posting tweets on an internet website then it deserves to die.

When there are only a few big social media platforms, and the government is able to get them ALL to block a certain story (like they did with the Hunter Biden laptop story), then you effectively have government infringing on free speech.

Laws are only for the little people, not the "elite". Nancy Pelosi got something like 69% return on her stock portfolio, besting every other stock trader out there.

No, you don't need an Xbox at all. You can play on a PC, iPhone, iPad, Android phone or even some Smart TVs. And unlike Stadia, it comes with hundreds of good games as part of the Game Pass subscription. You don't need to pay for a subscription and also pay separately for a bunch of games.

https://www.xbox.com/en-US/cloud-gaming

The top comments if Slashdot was around during the Wright Brothers first flight:
* It can only carry a single person. How useless!
* That's way too dangerous. I would rather just walk.
* Think of how horrible this will be for our climate!
* Others have already done something similar. Nothing impressive here.
* These will be way too expensive to produce. It will never work.

There are only 3 ways that YouTube can exist:
1. Collect and sell your personal data
2. Show you ads
3. Charge you directly for the service

It seems like some people want the "free" service with no strings attached. Without one or more of those revenue streams, the service won't exist. So pick your poison.

...or speaking fees, or an executive board position for your son, or book sales, or art sales, or contributions to your "non-profit" org, etc. There are LOTS of ways to bribe a politician these days.

Virtualize Windows development in a browser? That sounds even worse than VMs. Our company forced everyone to use VMs for a while and it was a horrible experience. There was just enough lag to make any kind of graphical design a massive challenge. Customization was very limited. And multiple window support was buggy. Developers were the first group allowed to have real laptops. Eventually they gave everyone a laptop and scrapped the VMs.

Equity doesn't exist in the real world, only as an idealistic concept.

They originally did, but gave it up because everyone on Twitch just wanted to see human boobs.

A "refugee" is a person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster. The vast majority of the people entering our southern border are not refugees. They are people seeking a better country to live in. I understand that desire, but that doesn't give them the right to jump ahead in the line and skip our normal immigration policies. These people are abusing the system put in place for actual refugees.