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…
Which endpoints are you blocking for the Xbox?
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
And directly in windows….
Linux/macos gang moment
Yeah my Samsung TV has ads as soon as you turn the thing on. It slows if right down as well.
Ironically, sometimes those ads are for Xbox Game Pass.
I just bought a Samsung tv, will use it with an Apple TV 4K so I don’t have to deal with their shitty ads and software
Yeah I’m considering using something else other than the built-in Samsung smart features. The slowness bugs me the most! I haven’t considered using an Apple TV device. Will take a look!
Yeah, it looks quite snappy and no ads whatsoever. You can also use it from your phone so that’s a gg.
I also looked at the shield, but it seems it’s not very supported and it has ads if I’m not mistaken
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!
Get a Steam Deck, they don’t have ads
I started a new job where I travel a lot, and I’m wanting one more and more.
How do you like it?
My brother has it and he travels a lot, he loves it. Before that he had to carry his gaming pc around, which was a brick
Well, if the paying customer can also be sold off for extra cash, the more profit to them! And probably bigger bonuses for the higher-ups.
True, that doesn’t make it any better or right in any way obviously
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.
Yeah, they really ought to be getting cracked down upon by governments for their monopoly on desktop computing.
Simply opening directX would solve a lot of problems with gaming.
Gaming on Linux is pretty good nowadays, most problems you are going to encounter is due to some anti cheat
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
I agree in principle. I’ve used Wine for games for a long time. Popular games usually worked even 15 years ago.
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.
There is difference between one or two things, like it was until a few days ago, to literally have the whole dashboard cluttered by it
i only ever see like one tile for a game, the rest are for achievements or perks or something library related. can you put up a ss?
You sure you have updated?
I’m in delta ring, but yea it’s up to date. All I ever see is a single tile that’s an ad, one for a gamepass game, perks or similar, and the rest is to do with my games or the achievement status of a game, etc.
